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[quote=Anonymous]OP, just a few words from my experience as mother who’s fighting for my child against alcohol and drugs.
1. You can’t help with these issues remotely. Or just by talking over the phone. You actually need to live near your child, raid their apartment, limit social interactions with other users, take them out on travel, look for jobs with them, take them to massage, sports and meditation. Drug abuse comes from them having emptiness in other areas so you would need to take initiative helping them re-integrate themselves into healthy life. 
2. There are options before the rehab comes into play. I would try from zoom consultations with a psychologist who is very much “anti drugs”. Minimizing drugs even THC made many kids addicted. There is a huge mass addiction problem in the US (over 30 million users, 80% become heavily addicted) because of highly permissive posture that medical professions and insurance companies have right now. 
Try to talk your daughter into “family therapy” under a pretext of rebuilding your communication. Speak with psychologists ahead of time what you want from them , before they talk to daughter
Next option is a part time outpatient program where they would work on underlying issues behind the drug use. My child had PTSD after their father abuse and divorce

I believe a family member can pull a drug addict out of it, but it will take 100% of your time and resources for the next few years. I had to move next to my child’s college town.

Can you do that ??

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