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Q&A: Is there PA law that allows parents to force their minor child (15) into drug rehab?

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Question by Cassie: Is there PA law that allows parents to force their minor child (15) into drug rehab?

Its actually for my child. I called a few treatment centers and they said they won’t take her. I find it appalling a parent wouldn’t have this right over their child!

Best answer:

Answer by Lynn
If your parents have custody of you, then yes, they can require you to go to drug rehab, or military school, or boarding school, as long as the facility is itself legal and licensed.

ETA: The facilities you’re contacting may not want to take anyone, minor or not, who has to be forced into rehab. It’s not a question of law but the choice of the facility about who they treat.

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How do you report a minor for drinking and doing drugs?

My boyfriend’s brother is an extreme alcoholic and drug abuser, and he’s 17. He told his dad (his parents are divorced but live together) that he smokes weed, but i don’t think he told him he drinks.

It’s pretty obvious by now he does drugs and drinks. And his dad obviously knows but isn’t doing anything.

I’m not sure what to do. I’d say it isn’t my life and isn’t my right to do anything, but my boyfriend (his brother) hangs around him all the time. And now he’s influencing my boyfriend to do drugs and drink! And my boyfriend spent the past several months quitting.

He’s not just ruining his own life, he’s ruining my boyfriend’s. And i can’t watch him do that.

So what can i do? I’m probably going to tell his parents, but they probably won’t do anything except tell him to stop. Is there any way i can get police involved, or something like that? Any way i can get a mandatory rehab for him? I know i’m not family and it would be hard, but what can i do?
It sucks cuz i’m being serious and i’m getting stupid responses. DX And like i said, i would just not do anything if it wasn’t for the fact he’s making my boyfriend do it. Like, literally holding him down and pouring Vodka down a 16 year old’s throat. He’s going too far. That’s why i need to stop him before he ruins my boyfriend’s life.

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If my major requires a minor, can I use a second major for the minor requirement?

I plan on majoring in psychology. For a psychology major, a minor is a requirement. Well I was gonna minor in rehabilitation services, since a main interest of mine and hopefully a main focus of my psychiatry career is dealing with substance abuse problems. Well if I decided to just double major in both psychology and rehabilitation services, could I use my second major to complete the minor requirement?

I’ve already looked all over the website and in their course catalog but it doesn’t say.
Although it does say in the philosophy section that if you minor in philosophy then you can go ahead and take a certain number of more philosophy credits and you can double major in it.
Would it be the same for psychology and rehabilitation services?

Thanks!

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