Facility-Tour Questions for Comparing Cannabis Rehab in California

Make one row for every issue that could change your decision. Useful columns are: question, what I observed, staff answer, supporting document, status, and follow-up date. Add a final column labeled “matters to me because.” That last column prevents a polished feature from outweighing something essential, such as mobility access, privacy, communication with family, dietary constraints, or a clear plan after discharge.

Use a simple comparison-table method in prose or on paper. Give each facility the same rows and the same three statuses. Do not score an unanswered question as zero or treat it as a negative fact. Mark it not established. Do not upgrade a friendly verbal answer to confirmed if the issue depends on an assessment, an insurer, or current capacity. Mark it needs review and note the person or document that can resolve it. This keeps your comparison fair and reduces reliance on memory after several calls or tours.

• Write your five nonnegotiable needs before touring.
• Use the same questions and status labels for every facility.
• Record the date, respondent’s role, and source of each answer. Do not invent a credential if none is stated and verified in writing or through an appropriate public source, and do 

Notice whether private conversations could easily be overheard in the spaces you are shown. Ask where confidential calls or sensitive conversations may occur, how personal information is handled, and what limits apply. Do not assume a closed door guarantees confidentiality or that a shared area means privacy is unavailable. Policy, practice, and the physical setting are separate facts.

For phones and visitors, request the current written rules. Ask whether access varies by phase, schedule, clinical review, behavior, or other conditions, without assuming any particular system exists. Clarify how families receive updates, whose permission is required, what happens when a visitor cannot come in person, and how rule changes are communicated. If maintaining contact with a child, employer, court, school, or support person matters, state that need plainly and ask how feasibility is determined. Do not treat a general answer as a guarantee for your circumstances.

• Ask where private calls and sensitive conversations can occur.
• Request current written rules for phones, visitors, belongings, and confidentiality.
• Clarify how consent controls information shared with relatives or other support people.

Ask whether the room shown is representative or merely available for tours. Then ask how room assignments are decided, whether arrangements may change, what storage is provided, which belongings are restricted, and how laundry and bathroom access work. These are verification questions, not facts implied by the tour. For Living Longer Recovery, public records establish a 14-person capacity and co-ed adults, but they do not establish room type, occupancy, room assignment practices, or current availability.

Daily living questions often reveal whether expectations match your needs. Ask for the current daily schedule in writing, while recognizing that no schedule is established here. Ask how wake-up, meals, quiet time, outdoor access, personal tasks, and sleep are handled. Clarify what residents must bring, what is supplied, and what happens if an essential item is forgotten. Avoid treating decor, landscaping, or staged rooms as evidence of treatment quality. SAMHSA quality guidance instead supports asking about licensing, accreditation, evidence-supported care, medications when clinically appropriate, family involvement, and continuing-care planning.

• Ask whether the room shown represents actual resident rooms.
• Verify assignment, storage, laundry, bathroom, and belongings policies.
• Request the current schedule and list of required or prohibited items.