You asked a complicated question yesterday and I demurred. I can say some really stupid things when I just run my mouth. Based on my own personal experience I think what might be effective would be a 1 year prison, minimum security mostly, with all the available self help crap, mandatory, period. Second offense I'd do a mandatory 1 year in a half way house progression.
Nothing works for everybody the same and the #'s are around a 35% recovery rate for alcoholics, less for some other drugs.
The reason I say the above is that a 1 year prison sentence is a shock the first time, maximum effect. Person most receptive right there. Keep them away from the harcore's, get a ged, learn the basics of a trade, be thoroughly exposed to the AA type stuff.
An addict will go right back, but there's something about having all that corny AA crap in your head makes it much harder to pretend to yourself whatever it is you tell yourself to get by.
People don't change until they have to, they're a stubborn lot. Second time around works some, the words fall on more receptive ears if they've heard it before and experienced the fun of not having paid attention the first time.
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That's if you insist on it being illegal. After that, probably some kind of maintenance for those who decide that the seer boredom of doing exactly the same thing on into eternity is okay, those people are unreachable.
Just some ways I might think about it.
And give them the GD narcotic, the synthetic version is far worse than the real thing.
People get all hung up on names.
Edit: I'm speaking of junkies here, legalize pot, what the hell is that about, it's hardly even a drug.
Further edit: The above was not my personal experience, I was hospital then meetings with 3 years between, just what I see looking back. |
