CANBERRA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Northern Territory (NT) Health Department of Australia on Saturday warned Church of Scientology that a drug detoxification therapy, promoted to Aborigines in Australia could kill the people with kidney problems.
The Scientologists has been moving through remote Australia and targeting alcohol-dependent Aborigines with a "drug bomb" therapy, in a move to recruit indigenous members.
The church claimed its detoxification program developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard uses exact technology and is the only successful drug and alcohol dependency treatment in the world.
However, the group has been warned that the drug they promoted to the indigenous could be dangerous and "potentially fatal" to renal patients.
Renal disease is common among Aborigines in the NT.
National Scientology president Vicki Dunstan said her church had responded to complaints.
Even though the pamphlets contained the formulas, church protocol was that people should obtain medical advice first, Dunstan told The Australian newspaper on Saturday, adding that the church has since stopped handing out pamphlets.
NT Health Minister Kon Vatskalis said the Scientology brochures were "utterly irresponsible".
The Church of Scientology is the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system.
