1) New religious movement 
The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. `Chuck` Dederich, Sr., (1913–1997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. By the early 1960s, Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, as aided by group truth-tel.....