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<blockquote data-quote="Rotsne" data-source="post: 225189" data-attributes="member: 6326"><p>The first question is: Does he want to quit his addiction?</p><p> </p><p>If the answer is no there are two options: Give him to the state. If not possible in your homestate there is Nebraska and their safe heaven law. Second option is of course to lock him up and it will be expensive.</p><p> </p><p>Most private Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s charged between 3-12,000 dollars per month. Wilderness programs are 250-495 dollars per day. Most people grows out of their addiction and if you are lucky your son could do it while in the program, but you will find a lot of parents here and on other message boards who have paid 30,000 dollars per year and once the child is released the addiction starts again.</p><p> </p><p>I consider Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for drug use a waste of time if he is not ready to face his problems. Change has to come from within. It can not be forced upon.</p><p> </p><p>But is he a confirmed druguser? Is there a positive reliable test - a hairtest?</p><p> </p><p>Here in Denmark a lot of kids are blackmailed into crime. They get some kind of "fine" for nothing - wearing wrong clothes or "insultning" the wrong people. If they dont pay up they are told that they will be beaten up or even loose a finger (It is not fun. Some HAVE lost their finger). If they havn't the money they can leave the door unlocked so someone can empty the house.</p><p> </p><p>I have seen kids who find it easier to confess that they are drug users than they are cowards. Drug use is so accepted because almost every moviestar or singer has to have a drug conviction and a stay in a rehab in their resume to make it the modern media industry.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe the easiest way to test it would be to remove him from your local community. Not to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but to relatives a couple of states away if possible. If he messes up there, you will know for sure. It wouldn't cost you very much to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rotsne, post: 225189, member: 6326"] The first question is: Does he want to quit his addiction? If the answer is no there are two options: Give him to the state. If not possible in your homestate there is Nebraska and their safe heaven law. Second option is of course to lock him up and it will be expensive. Most private Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s charged between 3-12,000 dollars per month. Wilderness programs are 250-495 dollars per day. Most people grows out of their addiction and if you are lucky your son could do it while in the program, but you will find a lot of parents here and on other message boards who have paid 30,000 dollars per year and once the child is released the addiction starts again. I consider Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for drug use a waste of time if he is not ready to face his problems. Change has to come from within. It can not be forced upon. But is he a confirmed druguser? Is there a positive reliable test - a hairtest? Here in Denmark a lot of kids are blackmailed into crime. They get some kind of "fine" for nothing - wearing wrong clothes or "insultning" the wrong people. If they dont pay up they are told that they will be beaten up or even loose a finger (It is not fun. Some HAVE lost their finger). If they havn't the money they can leave the door unlocked so someone can empty the house. I have seen kids who find it easier to confess that they are drug users than they are cowards. Drug use is so accepted because almost every moviestar or singer has to have a drug conviction and a stay in a rehab in their resume to make it the modern media industry. Maybe the easiest way to test it would be to remove him from your local community. Not to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but to relatives a couple of states away if possible. If he messes up there, you will know for sure. It wouldn't cost you very much to try. [/QUOTE]
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