Inside the Dark World of "Body Brokering": Shocking Allegations from a 26-Year-Old Whistleblower Rock Rehab Industry.
In a legal analysis published by the UNC School of Government, Jeff Welty, a professor specializing in criminal law, said, “The fundamental problem is a conflict of interest. Patient brokers are compensated only once for recovery, but may be paid over and over again for relapse and continued a**iction.”
Kage questioned whether the treatment programs he encountered were helping people recover
Kage said he had seen friends continue using illegal substances and had lost people he knew.
When asked whether people got sober in the rehabs he was discussing, he replied, “Oh, very few. Very few.”
He also described the personal toll of seeing people struggle.
“I’ve had friends d*e over and over,” Kage said. “I’ve lost a good bit of friends, bro.”
The 2023 study also raised concerns about ov**dose risk. The participants described how returning to substance use after treatment or a period of abstinence could be dangerous, particularly when treatment settings failed to support lasting recovery.
The interview also touched on Kage’s life outside the rehab business.
He said he had experienced homelessness and continued to struggle with f*ntanyl use.
“I ended up getting housing. I have slowed down on f*ntanyl a lot,” he said.
When asked whether having a place to live helped, he said, “That’s pretty much all I needed was housing.”
He described how homelessness could make it harder for people to move away from dr*gs because they often remained surrounded by difficult circumstances.
“It’s like a cycle, man,” he said.
Patient brokering is also addressed in federal law.
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 makes certain payments or rewards of referrals to recovery homes and clinical treatment facilities a federal crime, with penalties that can include imprisonment.
“Rehabs work when the person is ready,” wrote one netizen
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