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In 1967, Synanon purchased the Club Casa del Mar, a large beachside hotel in Santa Monica, as its headquarters and a dormitory for those undergoing treatment for drug addiction.
Synanon is a 1965 American drama film directed by Richard Quine and starring Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens, Alex Cord, Richard Conte, Eartha Kitt and Edmond O'Brien. It featured a screenplay by Ian Bernard and was filmed at Synanon in Santa Monica, California .
In short order, I became “research director” and a member of the early board of directors. My first published book, based on my research and work with gangs in New York, The Violent Gang (Yablonsky, 1962), was completed in the inspiring and then intellectually stimulating atmosphere of Synanon One.
Apr 22, 2023 · As soon as Dederich rented an abandoned store and dubbed it Synanon — a name without clear origins, as Breaking Code Silence explains — he charged an unbelievably modest sum for a full two years of residential treatment: $33 dollars, or about $343 in 2023.
Apr 20, 2014 · The film starred Edmund O’Brien as Dederich, and was even filmed on location in Santa Monica with the full cooperation of the Synanon organisation. In 1967, Synanon also purchased a palatial new ...
Apr 15, 2014 · In 1967, Synanon also purchased a palatial new building in Santa Monica called Club Casa del Mar. First built as a hotel in 1926 and then used by the US Army during World War II, the building sat on a gorgeous spot on the beach.
A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon House in Santa Monica, California.
