Suicide Just Latest Incident To Highlight ‘Wild Wild West’ Attitude Plaguing Addiction Treatment Centers
There's very little regulation in the industry that is booming from the opioid crisis.
Orange County Register:
Death In Rehab Generates $7 Million Award
The Reyna tragedy sprang from several problems plaguing the “Wild West” of addiction treatment in California, attorneys said: Potentially life-threatening withdrawal is allowed in non-medical facilities here, even while it is forbidden in other states. In an effort to make money from insurance payments, centers routinely make big promises about levels of care that they are simply not equipped to provide — to get “heads in beds,” as it is known in the industry — and state inspectors can’t keep up with it all. (Saavedra and Sforza, 2/8)