9/8/20     2 More Men Admit Roles in Scam to Bribe NJ Drug Addicts: Feds
        Bribed NJ residents to seek out drug rehab centers in California
        Patient reported “everyone’s high” at the rehab center.

9/6/20    Encinitas restarts permit process for sober living group homes
        Encinitas’ Costa-Mesa-like regulations will be voted on in October

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."

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