Dealing with a drug addict?

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Well recently someone kinda close to me started doing Coke(the drug not the soda -.-) I was wondering if there is a way to get him off it? He's a idiot so talking to him isn't an option. Kicking his ass might work if it wasn't for the fact that I hate RL violence. He just seems to be doing worse and worse drugs. The last time he had drug issues he nearly killed his teacher and then himself.(He chickened out at the last moment and just ran away for a day)


Anyone got any ideas?
 
Honestly I don't know what to say if talking to him won't work with him if you guys are close. I'm gonna take a stab and say you've tried to say something about it before or does your friend not know how you feel about him doing it? I know it doesn't really help but I haven't had a friend start doing those heavy drugs like that. =/
 
He knows I hate drugs. I mean I'm cool with weed but the other stuff he's done has almost made me punch him in the face. He just won't learn.
 
eh? why does he do drugs? is there any way you could get him help? Like.. psychologist? It might be best to tell a police officer maybe.. usually courts will get someone into line and get them help if they need it like this guy seems to.. hmm :\
 
Called the cops before, He just lied his way out of it and somehow get his friend arrested. We've sent him to drug help before. He went straight for like a month before he started to do Ex.

As to why he does them I think he's trying to be like my older brother. He thinks that the life he lead was cool or someshit. He has no stress in his life and he gets w/e he wants.
 
so defriend him.. sounds like an immature moron of a friend if you ask me :\ perhaps if people stop associating with him because of his habits, the pain of loneliness will help him turn around... I dunno.. it might be good to just let him do as he does and not concern yourself with him until he matures? Sometimes people can only learn for themselves. And if you called the cops on him yet again (specially while he's on the stuff) they'd take him in, it's not like they don't keep a record of the stuff. Even if he got his friend arrested (dick move of him to do, more proof he's a bad friend and not worth it to me, though if the friend was dealing or also, he prolly deserves it too) they'll prolly start seeing a pattern eventually.

Honestly, I really don't care for making drugs illegal (the fact we have 70% of our prisoners being drug users is astounding and really draining our system) but it is good to try and get people off drugs if it's really fucking up their lives. But eventually you'll have to realize that you're just gonna have to let them do what they are doing themselves.. it is their life, if they wanna fuck up their lives that's their fault. However, what I guess you should do is make sure they don't harm another while on the drugs or whatnot.
 
Well, for the record I never said he was my friend. He's my little brother. <_<
 
oh.. hehe.. hmm.. well I'd say to a point you'll have to end up doing the same thing :| just tend to give family more time than a friend. I really don't know how to handle this :\ good luck to you.. if worse comes to worse, might have to just cut your losses ><
 
Or just do what you don't want to do and smack him around. Try to see if something goes through but either way, best of luck =/
 
I wish it was easy to brush off. I mean he's my little brother. As much hell as he's put me through I still love him. I want to help him but I have no idea how.
 
If your the big bro slap his ass around a bit. My big brother was doing Meth and the only reason he stopped is he FINALLY saw what it was doing to his life and he moved out to live with my mom. I dont know how that helps too much but once he gets a life threatening experience (I hope he doesnt, just saying) from Coke he should straighten up.
 
I can understand where your coming from. My brother is ADHD, bi-polar, and a couple other things so he has to certain types of medication but he for some reason thinks nothing can hurt him so he goes out and tries to smoke weed and take pills and it just pisses me off like he doesn't care what he does to himself. But I can't make him stop no matter what I have tried. I just hope a sharp dose of reality hits him one of these days that'll open his eyes.
 
Tell ur parents. Best thing u can do it wont do him or anyone wrong thats how i did to get rid of my weed addiction and m other shit... still breaking away and its not easy but the best thing i thing ive ever done in my life also i went to a psychiatrists
hope this helps :\... and if it was my brother i would smack one on the face
 
weed isn't near as bad drug as people make it out to be XD Hell, it's actually gonna do less to your body than the legal drugs.. this ass backwards country is so fucked up when it comes to laws XD stupid ass government.. and I thought weed itself wasn't addicting? :P at least that's what I'm told by friends
 
Amid, my mom caught him snorting blow last night. That's why I made this thread. We're all confused as to what route to take. I don't know the law and I don't know if we can call the cops on him for it being in his system or if he has to have the drug on him.

My mom gave him two choices.
1: Get the fuck out.
2: Go to rehab.

But knowing my brother he will find away around this and either stop drugs for a month and start on something even worse or just guilt my mom into letting him get away with it and do worse drugs anyways.
 
Myrrh said:
Amid, my mom caught him snorting blow last night. That's why I made this thread. We're all confused as to what route to take. I don't know the law and I don't know if we can call the cops on him for it being in his system or if he has to have the drug on him.

My mom gave him two choices.
1: Get the fuck out.
2: Go to rehab.

But knowing my brother he will find away around this and either stop drugs for a month and start on something even worse or just guilt my mom into letting him get away with it and do worse drugs anyways.
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whether it's in the system or he has possession, he can be arrested for both. Your mother can call the cops and demand he be taken into rehab or something.. or they intervene cause he won't listen to her. If they want proof she can demand a drug test too.
 
Well, I told my mom to call the cops and send him to rehab but she said she can't cause he's 18. Some shit about how he's an adult and we can't force him. I really don't understand any of this.(This is canada not the states so some laws maybe different. I don't know)
 
As much as you hate RL violence, it really probably is the best way to get him to understand. Knock the sense back into him. Or you could always just find his stash and flush it or something.
 
Ah, well if he's 18 she can call the cops and demand he be taken out of her house, even if Canada, I do believe. But I dunno Canadian law that well x.x
 
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