Can I Admit My 17 Year Old Son Into a Drug Rehab Center Without His Permission?
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My son is 17 years old, and has a severe drug addiction problem. He’s on nearly every Hallucinogen, and smokes marijuana daily. He won’t go into a drug rehab program, we’ve tried before. Can I commit him without his consent? I’ve heard before that at 17 he needs to sign a consent form, which he won’t. But there must be a way to get him help, he’s not even 18 yet. We live in Vermont if that helps. Thank you for your answers, we greatly appreciate them.
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just call the police on him then
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I’d call the cops and ask them. They deal with this stuff all the time. Besides that, it sounds like your son needs a reality check.
I think you CAN and SHOULD. He may not be happy about it, but it could save his life.
You can because he’s still legally yours.
But, rehab isn’t going to work unless he sees the problem himself and wants and is willing to change
It’s not right to commit people to things they don’t want to without them knowing. That’s possibly worse than doing drugs. You should tell him its illegal and threaten him with the Police. Vermont is a liberal state, their drug laws should be less severe and more reasonable. The police may put him on intervention and rehab, you won’t have to. Someday, he will thank you. I guarantee you that.
Well Vermont is a pretty liberal state, best thing to do is call up a criminal attorney that regularly deals with drug arrests and ask them about the law. Usually they can tell you over the phone, if not then make an appointment for a free consultation. Most attorney’s offer 30 minutes of free advice. If he were my kid I’d give him a choice, stop doing the dope immediately, go to a rehab, get and stay clean or kick his butt out of the house. Change the lock on your door too, until he’s ready to stop doing illegal drugs and disrespecting you under your own roof, he’s done. I’m willing to bet you’re missing a few items around the house or have wondered where some of the money went that you just knew was in your purse. Some how he’s getting money, is he ripping you off or stealing elsewhere? He’s getting money some how. Also, if you’re taking any type of prescription drugs lock them up somewhere he’d never think to look and count them so you know they’re all there. Sometimes tough love is the only love you can offer when they’re in rebellion like that. Often forcing a rehab will result in them initially getting clean but once they come home and start hanging out with the same friends it’s an accident waiting to happen again. He’s got to see the consequences to his actions. If you find drugs in his room, and yes I’d suggest you go through his room, then call the police and have him arrested. Refuse to post bail or allow him back home until he straightens up and goes to rehab on his own. Sometimes they really do have to hit bottom before they wake up. If he’s doing a lot of drugs causing hallucinations he probably won’t over dose and pot isn’t going to kill him either.
You can, but he won’t accept the help until he realizes he has a problem. You remember step number one to recovery is acknowledging you have a problem! So talk to him about it, try looking up drug progams he can go to Vermont, I did one where I live & it helped me alot. But try googling some.
Well.. let me just tell you that hallucinogens and weed aren’t that bad. It sounds like you’re over reacting.
You should be happy he’s not doing heroin or meth, which are both very addicting.
And I’m just going to tell you right now that rehab will do NOTHING!
You will only be wasting your money. What do you think they are going to do? Almost all major rehabs are for either amphetamines, alcohol, or opiates. And then in some rare cases marijuana. They don’t even have rehabs for hallucinogens… or at least I’ve never seen any.
Rehabs are for people that want to change. Sticking him in there will only make him resent you more. Trust me, do not force him into rehab. And also, most of the time this is just a phase. Once he finds a wife and has kids, he won’t be doing stuff like this all the time.
Just let him be a kid. Part of life is experimenting and trying new things. Drugs is just another part of life, and you shouldn’t be so concerned about it, unless you have reason to believe he’s using harder drugs.