My now 37 year old stepson commited robberies while on crack and wanting more.
He served his time and was released on parole.
A few months later he was jeopordizing his life seriously again with his crack relapse.
He is now serving the remainder of his original sentence..6 years.
Right or wrong, I am grateful. I am pretty sure he would be dead by now otherwise.
I don't think this was the ideal way to do it.
I do believe that inmates should be detoxed and that people's lives are at risk.
I know that drugs are available in prison, that medical needs, even emergencies are disregarded.
I hear that my stepson has contracted serious disease and is not treated.
I also hear that he is in a much better place in his head and his father believes that his life has been saved and that he will stay clean because he has lost so much of his life now.
I don't think our system is logical or help oriented. I know so, actually.
Why doesn't the US look to other countries and for more workable ways of dealing with addiction?