LIVE: Nick Reiner Case — Is Addiction Treatment Designed to Fail? Psychotherapist Breaks It Down

LIVE: Nick Reiner Case — Is Addiction Treatment Designed to Fail? Psychotherapist Breaks It Down

Published: January 29, 2026

Duration: 18:35

Nick Reiner allegedly murdered his parents — director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. The tragedy has forced a national conversation about something America has avoided for decades: the addiction treatment system doesn't work. Relapse rates between 40-60% within a month. Over 90% for opioids in the first year. A $42 billion industry that keeps billing whether treatment succeeds or not. Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, we're asking the hard question — is the system broken, or is this just what addiction looks like?

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins us to break down the clinical reality behind the headlines. The 28-day treatment mode...