How ‘King of Rehab’ Richard Taite Is Tackling America’s Deadliest Drug Crisis

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Richard Taite has lived enough lives for 10 men. Once a homeless addict who lost 25 years to drugs, he’s now a multimillionaire entrepreneur determined to rebuild the recovery world from the ground up. Known as “The King of Rehab,” Taite, 59, is the founder of Cliffside Malibu, the luxury treatment center that became synonymous with celebrity recovery. After selling it for a record-breaking nine-figure sum in 2018, Taite could have disappeared quietly into a comfortable Malibu retirement.

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