No one defends Straight? Loretta defending her cult (click the link and then click on the link to 28 DAZE to view the video) We met some SAFE defenders in Bethesda who were just as sincere as you seem to be.
Letters to The Trebach Institute Scroll down a little, the 3rd or 4th letter and the next one are very interesting.
Straight Incorporated Alumni Former 7th step officer and staff (I do believe), Don Smith started this group to counter claims made by us druggielosers over on Straight, Inc Survivors. He set out to round up Program supporters, but couldn't find any. Don's a good guy. He's taken the time to think about things and has at least conceded that the Program was probably a bad experience for some of us. I still get attacked pretty hostilly by some folks for being very anti-program. (if you want to read but don't want the mail, get a yahoo login if you haven't got one, join the group but opt for no mail. You'll be able to read the archive on the web, but won't have 100 msgs a day landing in your mailbox)
Most damning of all, I think, from: President Bush to Nominate Sembler to be the Ambassador of the United States to Italy "In 1976 Sembler founded STAIGHT, an adolescent drug rehabilitation program which has graduated over 12,000young adults nationwide." The sanctimonious son of a bitch is STILL bragging about his crimes, like the cat who swollowed the cannary.
Same with every faction of the TOUGHLOVE hate group. They all have their devoute followers who would lay down their lives to protect their cult. Cults are like that.
-If there's a worse idea going than locking kids up for victimless crimes, it's probably locking them in close proximity to some tyrannical altruist bent on helping them even if it kills them.
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