The program is a cult, that is why they dragged that poor 11 year old girl in there. The Seed thrived on new bodies, and they would get em anyway they could. Court order, "druggie attitude", Judges sentencing non drug using shoplifters, to the seed, any freaken reason to lock you down in there, they would.
Art had a vision. He believed he was destined to save the country's kids, and he was gonna do it any damned way possible. Fortunately, his ego was bigger than his ability, and the gov't changed horses. Art went back and was allowed to just exist in Ft Lauderdale, but Dupont picked a new horse, one with more Blue blood roots, so to speak, Mel Sembler, and expanded the adolescent synanon experiment concept almost unhindered thruout the US, until lawsuits, picketers, and bad press finally caught up to them. The straight WAS JUST A CONTINUATING of the St Pete Seed, people, have no misconception. The only reason the Straight ever existed is because Art Barker started fighting with the people whom made him, started saying publiclly "fuck em, we can do it without them". Well, he couldn't. It took savy business minded folks, our parents, to accomplish that.