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From: leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com

https://www.ocregister.com/rehab-riviera/

Journalists from the Southern California News Group have spent months investigating and reporting on the local drug treatment industry. They
have interviewed dozens of sources and sifted through thousands of pages
of reports and court documents.

The resulting stories show how and why Southern California has become a
hub for drug treatment centers, with more than a thousand of them in the greater Los Angeles area.

Some of those centers have admirable intentions and strong records of
helping addicts. Others, however, exploit California-specific regulations
and sometimes-lax oversight in an attempt to cash in on the lucrative
industry, despite the potential danger for those the industry is supposed
to help.

Here are the main parts of the investigation and other in-depth coverage
of the rehab industry from 2017.

Part One: How some Southern California drug rehab centers exploit
addiction

A darker version of the rehab industry is emerging post-Obamacare, built
around an illicit world of patient recruiters, fraud-driven clinics and drug-testing mills. Lax regulation and systemic loopholes have allowed unscrupulous operators to create a Wild, Wild West in California. Read the story.

Part Two: The consequences of California’s rehab industry

Detox can end in death at some ‘non-medical’ Southern California rehabs Hundreds of rehab centers in California offer “non-medical detox,” meaning people can try to break their drug addiction without medical care. It’s a loophole so risky that many other states won’t allow it. Read the story.

How a multimillion-dollar empire built around urine drug tests exposes
flaws in California’s rehab laws
In California, even someone convicted of fraud or drug dealing or medical malpractice can make money in rehab, often through the vertical
integration of insurance payments for urine testing. Our rules are lax,
but prosecutors are watching. Read the story.

Are drug rehab centers fueling homelessness in Southern California?
At least part of Southern California’s homeless boom seems to be fueled by
the region’s 1,100 rehab centers. Some woo out-of-state addicts with free, one-way trips, only to kick them to the streets after their insurance runs
out, penniless and still addicted. Read the story.

Mapping Southern California’s Rehab Facilities

Points show the primary addresses of all non-medical alcoholism and drug
abuse recovery or treatment facilities licensed and/or certified by the California Department of Health Care Services as of May 4, 2017. (Map by
Ian Wheeler, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Additional coverage


The Southern California rehab industry spans the nation

Graphic: How rehabs use loopholes to grab money from the health insurance system

Is there a link between neighborhood rehab programs and petty crime in California?

Before you check into your rehab center, ask these questions

Where and how much deadly addictions have consumed America

Are implants for opioid addicts a new hope or a new scam?

O.C.-based Sovereign Health demands that FBI release document justifying
raid on its treatment centers

Sovereign rehab sues federal agents claiming abuses in June raids

San Clemente’s ‘discriminatory’ rules on addiction treatment centers
intact after suit settles

Battering rams at the door: An FBI raid from the other side

Rags to riches to rags: How a booming addiction treatment biz goes
bankrupt

‘Urgent…alarming’ – but rehab investigator won’t be in thick of SoCal
action any time soon

California the over-regulator? Not for addiction treatment

Senate health plan would end payment for addiction treatment

Addiction treatment: The new gold rush. ‘It’s almost chic’

Sovereign Health drug rehab blasts federal raid as ‘Mickey Mouse’
harassment

After raids, Sovereign Health rehab in San Clemente still open for
business, state says

Federal agents search Sovereign Health rehab in San Clemente, elsewhere

Rehab patient brokering is rampant, but it’s hard to stop, industry says

Rehab Mogul will stand trial in $176 million fraud case


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