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Government Resources for AODA

Easy-to-Read Drug Facts (drugabuse.gov)

Wisconsin Resources

Unethical Drug Rehab 'Body Brokering' Leads To Tragic Death

Unethical Drug Rehab 'Body Brokering' Leads To Tragic Death

National Council for Behavioral Health

Tobacco Cessation

Foul Play: Patient Brokering: Watch out for those who make a living by preying on the vulnerable:

Patient Brokering and Government: What's happening?
What kinds of questions do you need to ask to find the right drug rehab for you?
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator (findtreatment.samhsa.gov)
Breaking the "Body Brokers" What we can learn from one California non-profit that stood up to the addiction patient kickback business in its state (Feb 18, 2021)
More information on "Patient Brokering"
More information on "pill dumping"
More information on opioid crisis
2020 .GOV Website Stop Treatment Fraud: Patient Brokering
New York State is cracking down on dangerous patient or body brokers that exploit the fear and pain at the root of all addiction.
March 12, 2020 How many body-brokering cases have been prosecuted by the feds under new law?
Mar 2, 2020 She wanted addiction treatment. She ended up in the relapse capital of America.
October 7, 2019 Opioid Treatment Scam May Be Coming to Your State
August 19, 2019 Representative Mike Levin Requests Information from DOJ on Enforcement of Patient Brokering Law

National Council Against Health Fraud Archive Enhancing Freedom of Choice through Reliable Health Information

Substance use disorder clinic operators settle allegations of misleading consumers.

Substance use disorder clinic operators settle allegations of misleading consumers. Florida-based Evoke Wellness, LLC, Evoke Health Care Management, LLC, and their officers, Jonathan Moseley and James Hull, have settled allegations that they used deceptive Google search ads and telemarketing for their substance use disorder treatment clinic to impersonate other treatment providers. The proposed order, which must be approved by a federal judge before it goes into effect, will:

ban the defendants from using their rivals’ names in search-engine advertisements
prohibit misrepresentations related to substance use disorder treatment services
prohibit the defendants from impersonating other businesses
require the defendants to put a compliance program in place to monitor their call centers for misrepresentations
require them to take corrective action against agents who violate the order
impose a $7 million civil penalty against the defendants, which is partially suspended to $1.9 million because of their inability to pay the full amount

According to the FTC’s January 2025 complaint, the defendants targeted consumers searching online for specific substance use disorder clinics. They used the names of other clinics as keywords to masquerade as those clinics in Evoke’s Google ads, which paired those names with the phone number to Evoke’s call center. [Evoke Wellness to pay $1.9 million to settle FTC claims that they misled consumers seeking substance use disorder treatment. FTC press release, June 10, 2025]