ESAInTheNews
News Reports documenting decades of Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse allegations.
Synanon & Enthusiastic Sobriety: Cults Disguised as Drug Treatment (2021) - Freedom of Mind
Synanon & Enthusiastic Sobriety: Cults Disguised as Drug Treatment (2021) - Freedom of Mind
The Love Bomb (2021) - The Atavist Magazine
The Love Bomb (2021) - The Atavist Magazine
For 50 years, Enthusiastic Sobriety programs have promised to help teenagers kick drug and alcohol addiction. But former followers say ES doesn’t save lives—it destroys them.
Code of Silence (2021) - YES! Weekly (Part 3)
Code of Silence (2021) - YES! Weekly (Part 3)
"My counselor made me stand up in front of the other kids in the Insight Program and explicitly say what my rapist did to me,” alleged a High Point resident
Fear, Fraud & "Fun Felonies" (2021)- YES! Weekly (Part 2)
Fear, Fraud & "Fun Felonies" (2021)- YES! Weekly (Part 2)
Former members of a controversial teen drug and alcohol program in Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Atlanta allege staff tolerated acts of vandalism, arson, and animal abuse by teens in their
The [HATE] Group (2021) - YES! Weekly (Part 1)
The [HATE] Group (2021) - YES! Weekly (Part 1)
Multiple former patients of a local teen drug and alcohol rehab program allege that it not only isolates its members, demands obedience, and teaches that homosexuality is a delusion, but
Bob Meehan Memorandum (1978) - CBS
Bob Meehan Memorandum (1978) - CBS
PDAP (1979) - 60 Minutes with Dan Rather
PDAP (1979) - 60 Minutes with Dan Rather
In 1979, Producer Phil Scheffler started looking into the Palmer Drug Abuse Program, or PDAP, designed to help young people. While the program had gained wid...
The Story of a Con Man Who Helps Kids Kick Drugs (1984) - Times-Advocate
The Story of a Con Man Who Helps Kids Kick Drugs (1984) - Times-Advocate
Drug Program Called an Addiction (1984) - Times-Advocate
Drug Program Called an Addiction (1984) - Times-Advocate
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 1 · Bob Meehan - Times Advocate, Wednesday November 14, 1984 · Two East County couples say they have "lost" their daughters to a controversial Escondido-area drug-treatment program whi…
Ex-Addict Hooked on Helping Teens (1985) - The Hartford Courant
Ex-Addict Hooked on Helping Teens (1985) - The Hartford Courant
Drug Abuse Counselor Uses Showmanship (1985) - The Times Advocate
Drug Abuse Counselor Uses Showmanship (1985) - The Times Advocate
Cult or Cure? (1985) - The Press Democrat
Cult or Cure? (1985) - The Press Democrat
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 1 · Cult or Cure? Bob Meehan featured in The Press Democrat, May 2nd, 1985 · “Your unborn child has as much chance of getting a drug problem as getting chicken pox. Walk into junior hi…
Meehan SLIC Drug Ranch Dispute (1985) - Los Angeles Times
Meehan SLIC Drug Ranch Dispute (1985) - Los Angeles Times
Robert Meehan gets either hoots or cheers.
Cure Not Worth It (1986) - Los Angeles Times
Cure Not Worth It (1986) - Los Angeles Times
To hundreds of adults who knew and swore by him, no one possessed the magical touch of Bob Meehan in plucking teen-agers from the living hell of drug and alcohol abuse and restoring them to a life of sobriety.
DA to Probe Teen Drug Abuse Program (1986) - Los Angeles Times
DA to Probe Teen Drug Abuse Program (1986) - Los Angeles Times
State Agency Probing Meehan's Drug Program (1986) - Los Angeles Times
State Agency Probing Meehan's Drug Program (1986) - Los Angeles Times
Meehan is Operating Again; This Time For Profit (1986) - Los Angeles Times
Meehan is Operating Again; This Time For Profit (1986) - Los Angeles Times
Injunction Expected as State Warns Meehan (1986) - Los Angeles Times
Injunction Expected as State Warns Meehan (1986) - Los Angeles Times
State Department of Social Services officials said Thursday that they expect the attorney general's office to issue an injunction--perhaps as soon as today to close three unlicensed drug and alcohol abuse facilities operated in North San Diego County by Bob Meehan.
State Directs Meehan to Close Drug Centers (1986) - Los Angeles Times
State Directs Meehan to Close Drug Centers (1986) - Los Angeles Times
State licensing officials have told drug counselor Bob Meehan, himself a former drug user and an ex-convict, to close down his three drug rehabilitation operations because he is not fit to operate them.
Controversial Guru Bob Meehan Allegedly Uninvolved (1987) - Los Angeles Times
Controversial Guru Bob Meehan Allegedly Uninvolved (1987) - Los Angeles Times
The notorious SLIC (Sober Live-In Center) Ranch drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation program has reopened in Escondido, but this time with the promise that it would not have any ties to its controversial founder, anti-drug guru Bob Meehan.
Controversy Dogs Drug Therapist from U.S. (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Controversy Dogs Drug Therapist from U.S. (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Abuse clinic called a cult by parents (1988) - The Canadian Press
Abuse clinic called a cult by parents (1988) - The Canadian Press
Drug Program Directors Want Probe to Clear Air (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Drug Program Directors Want Probe to Clear Air (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Abuse Program to be Restructured (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Abuse Program to be Restructured (1988) - The Vancouver Sun
Pathway's Problematic Preachings (2005) - Tucson Weekly
Pathway's Problematic Preachings (2005) - Tucson Weekly
Kids & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2005) - Riverfront Times
Kids & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2005) - Riverfront Times
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 1
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 1
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 2
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 2
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 3
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 3
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 4
ABC15 Phoenix Investigative Report (2005) - Part 4
Wrong Turn on the Freeway (2006) - San Diego Reader
Wrong Turn on the Freeway (2006) - San Diego Reader
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