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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 697868" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>There's a very real risk in getting an addict, especially an opioid addict "clean by force", such as prison or forced rehab.</p><p></p><p>What can happen is that they fix up as soon as they are released. They have lost their tolerance due to the forced abstinence. They take the same dose of their substance of choice that they were using before the interruption in use, and OD, sometimes fatally.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention that forcing an addict into abstinence is a waste of time. You may get the clean for a bit, but you do not fix the addiction. The addict will use again as soon as they get the chance.</p><p></p><p>Until the addict WANTS to be clean and sober more than anything else, no treatment or prison will work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 697868, member: 1963"] There's a very real risk in getting an addict, especially an opioid addict "clean by force", such as prison or forced rehab. What can happen is that they fix up as soon as they are released. They have lost their tolerance due to the forced abstinence. They take the same dose of their substance of choice that they were using before the interruption in use, and OD, sometimes fatally. Not to mention that forcing an addict into abstinence is a waste of time. You may get the clean for a bit, but you do not fix the addiction. The addict will use again as soon as they get the chance. Until the addict WANTS to be clean and sober more than anything else, no treatment or prison will work. [/QUOTE]
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