Rob Reiner's Son Nick and America's Failed Addiction System: Is Treatment Actually Broken?
Rob Reiner's Son Nick and America's Failed Addiction System: Is Treatment Actually Broken?  
Podcast: Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
Published On: Thu Jan 29 2026
Description: The Reiner family had resources. Access. The ability to pay for the best treatment money could buy. And we're still here — with Rob and Michele Reiner dead and their son Nick charged with their murders. So here's what nobody wants to answer: if money and access couldn't fix this, what could? Is the addiction treatment system broken — or is this just what addiction does?Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers to examine whether the treatment industry is failing by design or facing a disease that breaks everything it touches. The numbers are brutal: 40-60% relapse rates within 30 days of discharge. For opioids, over 90% in the first year. The 28-day model has been the standard since the 1970s — not based on brain science, but on what insurance companies decided to cover. Is that setting people up to fail before they walk in the door?We dig into the co-occurring disorder problem — addiction almost never travels alone, but most facilities aren't equipped to treat the trauma, depression, and mental illness underneath it. Shavaun explains what evidence-based treatment actually looks like, why it's not the norm, and the uncomfortable reality of patients who learn to perform recovery without doing the work. This is the first part of an unflinching examination of an industry that takes billions while delivering dismal results.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #AddictionTreatmentFailed #RehabIndustry #ShavaunScott #SubstanceAbuse #MentalHealth #TreatmentCrisis #HiddenKillersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.