Prognosis
Finding a Rehab Facility Shouldn’t Be This Hard
WeRecover exists to help patients find addiction treatment—and disrupt the predatory patient brokering system.
Max Jaffe and Stephen Estes
Photographer: Nolwen Cifuentes for Bloomberg
In 2016 and 2017, Max Jaffe’s younger sister received a series of Facebook messages from a guy she’d met during her roughly 12 years as a drug addict.
“Yo if you know anyone that needs detox or residential im getting 3300 per client willing to split however u think fair,” read one. “I’d honestly even put you on a clean check fraud hustle and get you 2K tomorrow,” read another. Accompanying these messages were photos of drugs—including a 23-gram block of cocaine—and money, including a fan of $100 bills.