July 2019 Articles
7/26/20 Doctor’s life of luxury built on backs of drug users, prosecutors say
$676 million in billings, $1000 paid to addicts to get implants
7/25/20 "Recovery Home" on Planning Commission agenda Tuesday
24 beds in Ridgecrest, CA, bumping up a 6 bed house to 8 beds.
7/22/20 Rehab Center CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts (FL)
Black people disproportionately receive fewer addiction treatment dollars in the U.S.
7/15/20 “The Rehab Mogul” sentenced to 52 years for assault, running $175 million healthcare billing scam
“‘He was kidnapping and drugging and raping lots of girls.’"
7/7/20 The work cure
“…300 drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities...required participants to work long hours without pay.”
7/3/20 OC district attorney charges surgeon, girlfriend with sober living home insurance fraud (CA)
Surgeon recruited addicts for experimental naltrexone implant surgery
7/2/20 “Google cannot stop it, control it or curtail it…” Inside the murky world of fake addiction treatment center search spam
How search engines turn addicts to lead-generation companies that sell patients to the highest bidder.
7/2/20 The killing of 25 people at a drug rehab center in Mexico thought to be part of a gang war
“The targeting of such centers is typically linked to conflicts involving drug dealing."
$676 million in billings, $1000 paid to addicts to get implants
7/25/20 "Recovery Home" on Planning Commission agenda Tuesday
24 beds in Ridgecrest, CA, bumping up a 6 bed house to 8 beds.
7/22/20 Rehab Center CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts (FL)
Black people disproportionately receive fewer addiction treatment dollars in the U.S.
7/15/20 “The Rehab Mogul” sentenced to 52 years for assault, running $175 million healthcare billing scam
“‘He was kidnapping and drugging and raping lots of girls.’"
7/7/20 The work cure
“…300 drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities...required participants to work long hours without pay.”
7/3/20 OC district attorney charges surgeon, girlfriend with sober living home insurance fraud (CA)
Surgeon recruited addicts for experimental naltrexone implant surgery
7/2/20 “Google cannot stop it, control it or curtail it…” Inside the murky world of fake addiction treatment center search spam
How search engines turn addicts to lead-generation companies that sell patients to the highest bidder.
7/2/20 The killing of 25 people at a drug rehab center in Mexico thought to be part of a gang war
“The targeting of such centers is typically linked to conflicts involving drug dealing."