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Originally posted by Rodeo
Put that in terms of a governmental response.
Do nothing? Let them all fend for themselves?
Do nothing for her but help her kids? (how?)
Help her and the kids by sending her to rehab on your dollar, then trying to train her to work and care for them when she gets out?
This is where the rubber meets the road.
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Little something called foster parenting.
Around here, being locked up for drug use - you have to pay for your own rehab (which is hugely expensive) or stay locked up. Being locked up, the kids will become custody of the state and be put up for adoption or a foster home. There's government intervention for you. Doubtful you will get them back.
As far as I know, there's no free get out of jail while we watch your kids and give you a job card.
All the doors of opportunity are slammed in your face. You have never ending court and lawyer costs, "fees" for participating in outbound rehab, the cost of the rehab itself, work release, parole officers, it's nasty. You will always have an entry level job thanks to all the limitations you now have. Oh, and the stigma. You'll never be trusted for any job with a double digit per hour pay rate.
You're a felon and custody of the state when that happens to you. It's permanent. The felons do anything to get out, but eventually screw it up again. Simply costs too much to participate in the rehab and work release programs. Forget about having your own business.
Addicts are a nasty bunch. Always have an excuse and an apology, and it never, ever changes. They deserve it.