Ron Jr. states in a sworn affidavit:
"I have personal knowledge that my father regularly used illegal drugs
including amphetamines, barbiturates and hallucinogens. He regularly
used cocaine, peyote, and mescaline." [Hubbard recommends as a "good
book" Aldous Huxley's "Doors of Perception" in his "Operational Bulletin
no. 17" of Feb '56. This work of Huxley's deals with his experiences
while experimenting with mescaline.]
According to statements made by attorney Michael Flynn, Hubbard, until
at least February of 1980, filled out fraudulent "doctor's"
prescriptions for a large array of medical drugs for himself.
And while the Church has sued attorney Michael Flynn more than a dozen
times based on various accusations including libel (all of which suits
have been dismissed to date), they have never mentioned Flynn's
allegations regarding Hubbard's "illegal self-medication" in any of
these suits.
Other statements to the effect of massive self-medication are by Gerry
Armstrong (who was a witness to Hubbard's diary and other documents),
Sara Northrup Hubbard, and John McMaster, all of whom I interviewed.
Sara Hubbard explained that Hubbard was "self-medicated," but that
during the five years they were married, she know of no instances when
he used "street drugs."
Armstrong told me, among other things, of a letter from Hubbard to his
third wife Mary Sue when Hubbard was in Las Palmas during 1967 at the
inception of the Sea Org. This letter is now in the custody of the
court. In it, Hubbard tells his wife: "I'm drinking lots of rum and
popping pinks and greys." [I'm told that "uppers and downers" are
sometimes referred to as "pinks and greys."]
John McMasters told me that on the flagship "Apollo" in the late
sixties, he witnessed Hubbard's drug supply. "It was the largest drug
chest I had ever seen. He had everything!"
It was shown in the Armstrong trial in Los Angeles in 1984 that Hubbard
even had blank prescription slips from the U.S. Navy, one of which had a
prescription for phenobarbital (a barbiturate and hypnotic) written in
Hubbard's handwriting.
Also, in the Armstrong trial where the "Affirmations" were introduced, a
letter by Hubbard to his first wife was revealed, the last sentence of
which declared: "I do love you, even if I used to be an opium addict."
From "Messiah or Madman" by Bent Corydon, pages 58-59
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