#121 Pain Funnel

Summary: An ambitious plan to help people goes off the rails, and a man from Florida tries to fix things the only way he knows how: with prank phone calls.<br><br>Further reading:<br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16257412/rehabs-near-me-google-search-scam-florida-treatment-centers">Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part I</a><br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16309752/google-rehabs-near-me-search-adwords-crackdown">Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part II<br></a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/27/business/addiction-inc.html">David Segal's series on the business around addiction (New York Times)</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Fix-Inside-Opioid-Addiction/dp/1250196264">Ryan Hampton's American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis</a><br><a href="https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/sober-homes/">Palm Beach Post's Reporting on the Sober Home Crisis </a>