The responses to our premiere edition - through letters, telephone calls and personal contacts - told us that readers want to know more about what the Church of Scientology is and what Scientologists do.

In this issue, we report on effective community-based programs which are enabling people to become literate and dig their way out, to free themselves from the shackles of drugs, and to shut the door on a life of crime. These programs are flourishing in the Los Angeles area and Freedom is proud to highlight them for our readers.

The cornerstone of our coverage has always been the support of human rights and individual freedom. In this issue, we present the story of a promising young actress whose life and career were ruined by drugs and electric shock in a local psychiatric ward by doctors who today must face the consequences of their actions in court.

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