No Regulations Make the Sober Homes Business a Wild West

Insiders tell NBC Bay Area that the sober living business is in desperate need of oversight. After getting treatment for drug addiction, sober homes are places, usually single-family homes, people can live together and support each other’s efforts to quit drugs and alcohol. But there’s no government oversight, no inspection, no licensing at all in California. Senior investigative reporter Vicky Nguyen reports on a story that first aired Feb. 20, 2019.