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FredricRice asked this question on 5/8/2000:

I've run into some books that Scientology sells. One of them has me wondering if they're selling quack medicine claims. There's this book called "Alergy or asthma rundown auditor course," registration Number tx-3-160-859.

Does anybody know if this text contains quack medicine or practicing medicine without a license? Or is this all a non-medical proceedure?

Thanks.

barb131 gave this response on 5/10/2000:

Scientology's materials is studded with nuggets of medical quackery. They claim they can cure anything from arthritis to diabetes, bad eyesight, asthma, and cancer.

I believe the FDA does not wish to take on the scientology organization, due to their massive resources and lawyers.

Such quackery is harmful, and often tragic as well, as seen by the numbers of scientologists who die of treatable diseases. They are encouraged to eschew medical treatment for scientology services.

I believe they should be held responsible for these deaths.

Further facts about this criminal empire may be found at Operation Clambake and FACTNet.

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