I must have missed the part where you said he was on probation, so it sounds like the juvenile system is already involved? And it doesn’t sound like they are too responsive. I‘m sorry.
I agree with trying to get him into residential treatment for his drug use. He is combining some pretty powerful medicines and putting himself in great danger.
There are organizations like the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (age 16+) for kids like ours. It’s free, and a five-month sort of boot camp with emphasis on education that my son attended. It put a pause on his disruptive behavior for awhile, although he didn’t take it as seriously as he should have. I saw other young men who made great strides in that program.
In my son’s case, he was also on probation for shoplifting, continued to act up, and his probation officer told him either he enter that program or he will have a criminal record.
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