Missykins
Bluelighter
I disagree with having him arrested in lieu of an intervention. Jail will not teach him a new way of living. Also, don't kid yourself, there is plenty of heroin in jail, especially if he ends up in a place other than county. Plus the care he will receive for HepC and HIV may not be as good as it is on the outside.
Finally, how is sending him to jail any different from ostracizing him through an intervention? He's been to jail before and it didn't work. If he goes back, it's not as if jail will transform into a new person. He will be just another junky in the system.
I think that you should plan an intervention, and get him into a long-term residential program (12 months at the least) where can sort things out. A thirty-day stint in rehab is not going to work for him. There are long-term residential programs who accept federal funding and if he's homeless, he will certainly qualify.
This sounds crazy, but you might want to contact the producers on the television show "Intervention" because if your son is featured, they pay for treatment.
Finally, how is sending him to jail any different from ostracizing him through an intervention? He's been to jail before and it didn't work. If he goes back, it's not as if jail will transform into a new person. He will be just another junky in the system.
I think that you should plan an intervention, and get him into a long-term residential program (12 months at the least) where can sort things out. A thirty-day stint in rehab is not going to work for him. There are long-term residential programs who accept federal funding and if he's homeless, he will certainly qualify.
This sounds crazy, but you might want to contact the producers on the television show "Intervention" because if your son is featured, they pay for treatment.