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Question: Will the police take him away & keep him in jail or put him in treatment?
Submitted on: October 19, 2010
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Professional Interventionist
Professional InterventionistAnswer: The police are only able to place someone in jail where they will receive no treatment for their illness. Only a Judge can issue a court order to send the addict/alcoholic into treatment. This process normally takes weeks/months to complete.
Answered on: October 19, 2010
Intervention Q&A
Should we wait until the addict hits bottom to get him help?Is paying for an intervention & treatment just more enabling?What if the intervention makes things worse and the addict runs away to die in the streets? What if the intervention is too much stress and my ailing family member dies during the intervention. What will the neighbors think?