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Andrew Answers: Can You Complete Difficult Probation Terms?

Name: Andrew Answers: Can You Complete Difficult Probation Terms?
Uploaded: 2024-01-13T11:10:57Z
Channel: Andrew Dósa
Description: The hardest probation to complete, Oakland criminal defense attorney Andrew Dósa says, is in a drug addiction case, because the pull toward the next fix never fully goes away until the person is truly ready to stop. He calls heroin the most pernicious—by then it's less about the high and more about avoiding brutal withdrawal.

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The hardest probation to complete, Oakland criminal defense attorney Andrew Dósa says, is in a drug addiction case, because the pull toward the next fix never fully goes away until the person is truly ready to stop. He calls heroin the most pernicious—by then it's less about the high and more about avoiding brutal withdrawal.

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Answered by Andrew Dósa · Oakland, CA

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— why addiction cases are the hardest probation to complete

1:18

— how avoiding withdrawal, not chasing a high, drives relapse

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the hardest probation to complete?

A drug-addiction case, because the pull toward the next fix never fully goes away until the person is truly ready to stop.

What really drives relapse on probation?

By a certain point it's less about chasing a high and more about avoiding brutal withdrawal, which makes staying clean especially hard.

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