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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^I am sorry your brother died such a death. 
Q: does rehab ever really work for opiate addicts? 
I don't think I would be able to refuse to pay for treatment for a child, at least the first time. 
And of course even suburban kids from nice safe neighborhoods can screw up and go down the drug road. [/quote]

Rehabs generally do not have good success rates.  There is not much in the way of standards and purchasers of their services tend to be desperate parents who take the first recommended place that comes their way and have to convince themselves fervently that the choice they made was the right one.  So bad rehabs (admittedly the vast majority of them) continue to thrive and some even get reputations as great places.

If you ever in this situation do not do this.  Control your desperation and do as much research as you can.  Consider many DIY detox and rehab; for many it is as effective as formal rehab.  See "Inside Rehab."

The PP who says the only cure for heroin addiction is death is very, very wrong.  Many have successfully kicked heroin and today they are good medications like Vivitrol that make it much easier.

It makes me sick to think that a parent could be so ignorant she would treat her child as a disposable to be discarded on the street.  Every child deserves a parent in his corner.

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