This is brilliant and actually a friend of mine went through a similar option several months ago with good success. He was brought into the hospital pretty messed up and had enough on him to be charged with possession along with another minor charge, however the police opted to drop the charges if he went into and successfully completed a detox and rehabilitation program. As the Cops put to me and the other person who brought him in, this is a guy in his early 30's, no prior arrests or charges, was being respectful and honest when they were questioning him and had held down a job requiring two college degree's. Putting him in jail to smarten him up didn't seem like the most effective method and rehab will probably scare him enough to keep him off the drugs.
He did 30 days detox in the hospital, a 90 days rehabilitation program and currently finishing up 90 days on an outpatient follow up program. It seems to have been enough to smarten him up so far.
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