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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 346242" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Welcome! I'm sorry you needed to find this place, but you did reach a good source of ideas, help and support.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Clearly, your son is doing more than just weed. Also, what he is using makes it impossible for any psychotropic medication (Geodon, for example) to be useful and have its effects wieghed. While he may have psychological issues, until drug use is stopped, other efforts are largely wasted.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">To my mind, he won't stop drug use until he sees a reason to stop. For too many users, that comes (if ever) when thy hit bottom - homeless, broke, etc. My preference would be to intervene now, get drugs out of his system through a 60+ day program, then address other issues, including reasons to stay drug free in a longer term setting (therapeutic school). Forget a 30-day detox and/or rehab. Any combination of help lasting under 9 months, and probably longer, won't prove enough, absent a miracle.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Your options really depend on your resources and on where you live. If you can afford the cost of private placements, which would exceed $50,000 and could be more than double that, options are widest. If you can get a combination of third parties (insurance, local school, other) to cover the cost, options remain wide. If you can't get local school funding (a separate subject, and one that should not mention drugs), and can't otherwise manage the cost, you are left to rely on local (including state) resources. Some areas have good supports, others have little.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">You said you are working on a plan with the school to support him academically. Done right (and without mentioning drugs), you may be able to get that into payment for a therapeutic school to address "the psychological issues" that affect his learning.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Getting your son to a chosen program is easy, but not free. There are excellent, responsible escort services available (plus a few not-so-good ones) who can get an unwilling teen to where they need to be.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I can add much more, but I think you've quite a lot of responses to consider. There is no sure answer, and no guarantee of success, but you do have to do something, whether with local authorities, private placement, or some combination. Let us know what more we can tell you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 346242, member: 5707"] [SIZE=2]Welcome! I'm sorry you needed to find this place, but you did reach a good source of ideas, help and support. Clearly, your son is doing more than just weed. Also, what he is using makes it impossible for any psychotropic medication (Geodon, for example) to be useful and have its effects wieghed. While he may have psychological issues, until drug use is stopped, other efforts are largely wasted. To my mind, he won't stop drug use until he sees a reason to stop. For too many users, that comes (if ever) when thy hit bottom - homeless, broke, etc. My preference would be to intervene now, get drugs out of his system through a 60+ day program, then address other issues, including reasons to stay drug free in a longer term setting (therapeutic school). Forget a 30-day detox and/or rehab. Any combination of help lasting under 9 months, and probably longer, won't prove enough, absent a miracle. Your options really depend on your resources and on where you live. If you can afford the cost of private placements, which would exceed $50,000 and could be more than double that, options are widest. If you can get a combination of third parties (insurance, local school, other) to cover the cost, options remain wide. If you can't get local school funding (a separate subject, and one that should not mention drugs), and can't otherwise manage the cost, you are left to rely on local (including state) resources. Some areas have good supports, others have little. You said you are working on a plan with the school to support him academically. Done right (and without mentioning drugs), you may be able to get that into payment for a therapeutic school to address "the psychological issues" that affect his learning. Getting your son to a chosen program is easy, but not free. There are excellent, responsible escort services available (plus a few not-so-good ones) who can get an unwilling teen to where they need to be. I can add much more, but I think you've quite a lot of responses to consider. There is no sure answer, and no guarantee of success, but you do have to do something, whether with local authorities, private placement, or some combination. Let us know what more we can tell you. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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