The California-based Synanon Foundation started as a heroin rehabilitation center in Santa Monica in 1958. By the 1970s, the center had transformed into a cult community with thousands of members.
The Synanon Foundation started as a heroin rehabilitation center in Santa Monica in 1958, but by the 1970s, it had transformed into a cult with thousands of members.
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