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  Advocates for Responsible Treatment - Southern California

Florida News Articles

In contrast with California, the state of Florida has been aggressively cracking down on rogue recovery.   The Florida State Attorney has established a Sober Living Task Force which seeks to eliminate bad operators.  In contrast with California, Florida seems to offer much less "resort-like" residential recovery,  and much more "flophouse."  Here we track significant articles about Florida's progress:

10/31/20     Serenity sober home CEO sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for health care fraud conviction
9/22/20        City reviews the health and safety of recovery houses
7/31/20        Delray Beach addiction treatment doctor arrested in $681M fraud case
7/22/20        Florida man accused of steering urine tests to drug lab
7/2/20           Lake Park sober home operators charged in $2M kickback, money laundering scheme
7/22/20        Florida man accused of steering urine tests to drug lab
6/15/20        Palm Beach Police: Man stole over $20k worth of luxury items from Palm Beach home
5/20/20        Former PBSO deputy sentenced to 5 years for patient brokering, charity fraud
4/27/20        What happens to people in drug treatment, recovery housing?
4/16/20        Reference Lab, Pain Clinic and Two Individuals Agree to Pay $41 Million to Resolve
​                           Allegations of Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing

3/27/20        CEO, CFO, President and Owner of Sober Homes Network “Serenity
                           Ranch Recovery” Convicted in $38 Million Fraud Scheme After Six-Week Trial
3/2/20           She wanted addiction treatment. She ended up in the relapse capital of America (FL)
2/21/20        PBSO: Former deputy stole money from kids of “warriors”
2/20/20        Sex, drugs and medical fraud? Sober home CEO goes to trial
2/14/20        After bad start to 2020 with overdoses, Lake Worth Beach beefs up chronic nuisance ordinance
2/10/20        Head of sober home certification organization urges reporting of abuses
2/6/20           Sober home owners put their horses first, and now three people are dead
1/24/20        First man in Palm Beach County to be charged with homicide for OD death takes plea
1/21/20        Florida ’sober homes’ owners, clinic directors sentenced to prison for healthcare fraud 
12/6/19        Treatment center owner gets 10 years in prison, must pay $24 million 
11/15/19     Three South Floridians plead guilty to bilking Aetna, others for drug-abuse treatment 
11/14/19     Fort Lauderdale drug dealer gets 30 years for fentanyl death
10/21/19  My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction
10/16/19     Gardens-area man facing multiple patient brokering charges
10/14/19     My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction
8/12/19        Mail-order prescriptions brought ring thousands in patient-brokering kickbacks, police say
7/25/19        A closer look at sober Florida’s sober homes - inside their fatal attraction with Wisconsin’s addicts
7/25/19        Aventura man charged with taking $1 million in kickbacks in opioid rehab scheme, cops say
7/9/19           Jacksonville Beach facility owner pleads guilty in $57M laundering scheme
6/26/19        Delray police: Man paid thousands in patient-brokering kickbacks
6/10/19        Female patient found dead at Centerstone in Bradenton
6/8/19        Woman was detoxing at Centerstone when she died.  Mother suspects negligence 
6/4/19         Missing New York Woman, 20, Found Dead in Florida After Trip for Rehab
5/22/19      Two years, 30 arrests, 12 convictions: A task force’s track record 
5/3/19         Florida Legislature Passes Latest Sober Homes Task Force SUD Treatment and Recovery Residence Legislation 
4/19/19      Former West Palm Beach Sober Home Operator Owes IRS $6.5M 
4/7/19         Boca man, 75, charged with patient brokering 
1/14/19      Sober Home Task Force: Kickbacks for North Palm center totaled nearly $250,000 
12/15/19   State Attorney: 2 Arrested for Patient Brokering 
11/23/18   Ex-PBSO deputy faces more patient brokering charges 
11/5/18      Authorities: Sober-home operator submitted fake insurance claims 
10/2/18      Boca lawyer disbarred for role in fraud scheme with ex-Marlins pitcher 
9/18/18      Delray man gets probation, fines in patient-brokering scheme 
9/12/18      I Save Lives on the Front Lines of South Florida’s Opioid Crisis 
9/1/18         How Delray, the nation's relapse capital, got clean
8/31/18      Fix the Florida Shuffle to End Florida’s Opioid Epidemic 
8/20/18      “We’re not getting a fair shake.” Delray sober home tests tougher rules 
7/24/18      Federal prosecutors could seize 45 South Florida properties tied to fraud scheme 
6/27/18      2 addiction treatment center owners indicted after reaping $50 million
6/21/18      Opioid addiction affecting more seniors in recent years
6/19/18      Sovereign Health forced to kick patients out
6/18/18      NEW: Aronberg wins insurance fraud award for sober-homes task force
6/8/18         This woman went to rehab and says it was the worst decision of her life — Here’s why
6/6/18         Doctor pleads guilty in kickback scheme
6/6/18         Congressional committee sends tough questions to drug rehab company
5/25/18      JUST IN: Lantana man arrested on 30 counts of patient brokering
5/19/18      Delray Beach’s tough sober home rules pay off.  Other cities follow suit.
5/15/18      Wellington father, daughter sentenced in addiction treatment scam 
​5/14/18      Boynton man charged with patient brokering for second time 
5/2/18         Doctor Convicted in Woman’s Fatal Opioid Overdose 
4/8/18         
How the Voice of Hockeytown lost his son to drugs and insurance fraud
3/23/18      Quitting Heroin in the Sunshine State
3/14/18      Drug rehab offers out of state patients free plane tickets for treatment
2/21/18      Sober Home and Drug Treatment Center Owned Sentenced: Facilities Preyed on Vulnerable Adults Struggling with Addiction
2/20/18      Legislators, Sober Home Owners Call for Regulation
2/6/18         Rubio asks feds to crack down on Florida sober homes, drug rehabs
11/21/17   Sober Homes Investigation
10/21/17   No water or power?  No problem for addicts using drugs in treatment
10/19/17   UPDATE: Sober home task force arrests six; total now tops 40
10/19/17   6 more arrested in sober home patient brokering crackdown
10/13/17   Drug-treatment centers moving out of Palm Beach County, officials say
9/28/17      Sober home trafficker Kenny Chatman ordered to pay millions in restitution
9/27/17      Sober home task force seeks 5-day prescription limit, needle exchange
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9/27/17      Stabbing at sober home in upscale Jupiter neighborhood leaves many questions
9/26/17      Jupiter stabbings were at a drug recovery center, HOA says
9/12/17      Two Overdose in Palm Beach Shelters During Hurricane Irma
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9/1/17         Reports of Rehab Scams Raise Concerns About Addiction Treatment Quality
8/30/17      “Body Brokers killed my daughter” 
8/25/17      Some Rehab Centers Want Addicts to Relapse
8/15/17      “Body Brokers” Get Kickbacks to Lure People with Addictions to Bad Rehab
8/11/17      Woman fatally overdoses at sober home linked to ex-Chatman operative
8/11/17      Sober Homes Task Force arrest two on patient brokering charges
7/27/17      Delray Beach Goes After Big Pharma for Opioid Epidemic
7/17/17      A “sober home” overdose death sheds light on the shady side of Florida’s drug rehab industry
7/20/17      Rehab or a Racket? Sober Living Houses in Florida
7/14/17      Drug overdoses rampant in Delray’s sober home neighborhoods
            Nearly 70 percent of overdoses in Delray Beach occur within walking distance, or a quarter-mile, of a sober home.
7/7/17         Delray Beach One Vote Away from New Sober Home Regulations
6/30/17      Sober Homes to Receive Stricter Guidelines
6/29/17      Rehab in Florida turns into nightmare for Ohio kids
6/25/17      Florida’s Billion Dollar Drug Treatment Industry is Plagued by Overdoses, Fraud
            The crisis in Florida finally makes national television news with Megan Kelly narrating.
6/20/17     Boynton Beach: New and existing sober homes need to be certified
6/20/17     Haven for Recovering Addicts Now Profits From Their Relapses
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