Can a person over the age of eighteen be involuntarily committed to a rehab cent!
Question:
Can a person over the age of eighteen be involuntarily committed to a rehab center? If yes, does it work?
My brother is twenty years old. He has been smoking marijuana for quite some time. Now we believe that he is doing harder drugs, such as crack or cocaine. He stays out all day and night, and he doesn't eat. Consequently, he has lost a lot of weight. He is also always angry and often will go into rages where he will punch and break the wall. We would like for him to get help and have held an intervention for him. He simply tells us that he does not have a problem. Many people have told us that we can do an involuntary commitment on him. I was wondering if anyone has done this and if yes, did the person recover. We are really worried about my brother. I do not want to see him dead.
Answers:
Your parents would need to talk to an attorney about getting power of attorney over your brother due to his mental incapacity.