Hello Sinister, in my experience, my parents were willing to help me stop using drugs, since I was 21 and had made a choice to get help. The local pastor referred them to a detox place where I spent about 45 days. It was almost double the normal time, but, either way, that place recommended I go to straight, inc. Aw jeez, that was screwed up. You see, the straight marketing people targeted white middle and upper class families at churches, schools, detox centers, etc. I was like a ripe fruit ready to pick I suppose. That was in early 1983 AFTER the lawsuit, but, of course the program directors never mentioned that the program had just gotten in trouble. But anyway, I do not think most people were court ordered. They were forced by their parents or guardians to go. I know of at least one intake that was claimed to be court ordered, but 18 years later it was discovered that it was not. Them straight inc administrators idea of "treatment" totally screwed up so many people and their families. Some stayed with the program until it was shut down and changed names. I have not heard much from them on the net lately. I think most of them feel really guilty and want to forget it all ever happened. Either way, straight inc was a hellhole of epic proportions wherever it operated. Problem now is that it is STILL going. ARGH!!!!!! :smokin:
