An individual perceives much of existence through the sensory channels of the body. The body is a communications centre for the spiritual being — the person himself — with the brain acting as a switchboard for translating thought into action. The biochemical actions of drugs alter the normal operations of this pattern, often with harmful or even disastrous consequences. People under the influence of drugs, even if taken years before, can be in a “wooden” state — unfeeling, insensitive and not capable or trustworthy.

Where the object of spiritual betterment is to increase awareness and rational mental activity and to make individuals more able in all aspects of their lives, progress is directly blocked by drugs.

International studies have confirmed the efficacy of the Hubbard detoxification method.

L. Ron Hubbard researched this barrier to spiritual freedom long before it was recognised by others as the major social concern it is today, and his work yielded a truly effective handling for the adverse biochemical effects of drugs and other toxins.

Among his significant discoveries was that residues from drugs and other toxins lodge in the fatty tissues of the body and stay there, even years after they have been ingested, and these residues can continue to affect the individual adversely long after the effect of the drug has apparently worn off.

Such deposits can cause lowered perception, tiredness, confused thinking and a host of other symptoms — all of which impede achieving increased spiritual awareness and ability.

Realising that this biochemical factor had to be handled before an individual could achieve lasting spiritual gain, Mr. Hubbard devised what independent researchers acknowledge as the safest, most effective — and only — detoxification procedure of its kind: the Purification Programme.

Developed to address the biochemical barrier to spiritual gain, the Purification Programme is a carefully designed regimen of exercise, nutrition and sauna use which dislodges drug residues and other toxins from the fatty tissues so that these substances can then be eliminated from the body. A person undergoing this programme is closely monitored by specially trained personnel in liaison with medical doctors to ensure that each aspect of the programme is conducted precisely and the desired benefits are attained.