Narconon Trois-Rivieres documents a story of the Narconon founder William Benitez entering the Arizona state prison, and later going on to create the Narconon program and also giving what could be the first ever Narconon drug education lecture.
William Benitez was a three-time convicted felon, and was a hard-core heroin addict for over 19-years. He was sentenced to the Arizona State Prison after being convicted once again for a drug-related offense. Here are the events that occurred before Will was processed at the prison.
He walked towards the prison guard, ashamed at his failures yet again to stay off drugs, despite looking for answers for quite some time without finding success. Will said to the guard, " I'm not proud to be here again. You know I've tried, and tried to find the answers. I've been reading about this but I can't seem to stay clean. I need help, can you help me."
The guard looked at Will and said, "You know the best thing you can do, the best thing you can do for yourself, for your wife, for your kids, and for this society. I'll let you have my gun, go behind that building and shoot yourself. Because Will that is really what would be best for yourself, your family and the rest of us."
Desperate and without hope, William was looking for help, and when he asked for help to a person of authority, only more hopelessness was given to him.
During his stay at the Arizona State Prison, Mr. Benitez read a book by L. Ron Hubbard, The Fundamentals of Thought. The information it contained enabled him to overcome his own addiction, something he had unsuccessfully tried to do for years. Then, in 1966, after corresponding with Mr. Hubbard who offered advice, he initiated the Narconon program to assist his fellow inmates and addicts to overcome their substance abuse problems.
To view the actual drug education video, please visit our web site at www.narconon.ca.