They needed treatment for drug addiction. The company they turned to may have used them to commit fraud

Renault Shirley remembers the first time he was asked to falsify billing reports for Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center.
Reveal

Why Rehab Often Fuels Relapse Instead of Recovery

The opioid crisis has been a quiet, deadly presence in America for a quarter-century now. Since 1999, it’s killed more than 800,000 people in the US. That’s more than the number of Americans who died ...
thetimesherald

Study finds most drug treatment in St. Clair County concentrated in just five blocks

A new study by Michigan State University conducted with drug treatment programs in St. Clair County highlighted gaps the county faces in treating substance use disorder. The team of three researchers ...

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Publishes New Website Resource Highlighting Patient Recovery Outcomes Through Outpatient Treatment Programs

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab has published a new resource on its website examining a patient-reported recovery experience through structured outpatient care. The article documents a patient’s ...
News 6 WKMG

These states have the biggest drug problems, study finds. Here’s how Florida ranks

WalletHub has released its 2025 list of the states with the biggest drug problems nationwide, looking at which places have the worst issues with drug abuse. More specifically, the study examines ...
KEYT

District Attorneys Urge State to Fund Drug Treatment Programs, as Proposition 36 Increases Local Criminal Justice Costs Statewide

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Nearly 70% of Californians voted in favor of proposition 36 last year. “Prior to Proposition 36, you could be arrested, charged and prosecuted and convicted of a drug ...
East Bay Times

Prop. 36 promised treatment for people with serious drug addiction, but jails are left holding the bag

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily with the support of more than two-thirds of California voters. The ...
New York Post

Eric Adams is right — we need involuntary treatment to solve the public drug scourge

Rampant drug use in and around the Hub by 149th street and 3rd avenue in the south Bronx. Stephen Yang Can New York clean up its public drug-use problem? Mayor Eric Adams aims to try: On Thursday, he ...