The drug rehabilitation program in California had started out as a nonprofit run by a former alcoholic who preached tough love. Over the years, it evolved into a religious cult called the Church of ...
After receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he used his experience in public relations to draw attention to the ...
His tiny California newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its exposé of Synanon, a renowned drug rehabilitation program that had turned into a violent operation. By Sam Roberts David Mitchell, a ...