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Inside a Rehab Empire

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26:31 | May 31st, 2018

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The collision of the opioid epidemic with criminal justice reform has created a boom for the rehab industry. Those with wealth and insurance often are able to pay thousands of dollars for private long...Show More


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hummingbird95 recommended:Mar 3rd, 2020

Wow! This is so sad. To know these people are coming to them for help and being taken advantage of should be a crime.

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mmMar 3rd, 2020

@hummingbird95 Holy bleep

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hummingbird95Mar 3rd, 2020

@mm Yes, very disturbing and cruel

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mmMar 3rd, 2020

@hummingbird95 Reminds me a bit of the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” with Jack Nicholson, but much stranger and way more horrific.

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hummingbird95Mar 3rd, 2020

@mm You’re right. 😒 Sad how they take advantage of people who are suffering and in need.

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mm recommended:Mar 3rd, 2020

Woman runs unlicensed rehab that forces patients to work for free at care facilities and to care for her private collection of 50 mammals including llamas and a cute but scary monkeys. The state turns a blind eye while patients go under therapy that sound like reddit roast fests. Wowza. 😳

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mmMar 3rd, 2020

@brendalouisek @aliceko This is insane.

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rmmiller364 recommended:Mar 4th, 2020

I knew that some rehabs can be predatory and that other are ineffectual, but I didn’t know that some of them have what are basically indentured servants

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hummingbird95Mar 4th, 2020

@rmmiller364 Blew my mind

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