A friend called me in a panic today. Her crack addict boyfriend has switched to meth and is cooking it himself. From what she said, it sounded like he brought some of the chemicals in her house and mixed some of them there. Not all of them, but some.

He moved into her apartment two years ago. She has long wanted him out, but he refuses to move. He tried to get her addicted to crack, but she didn't get hooked.

My friend is mentally ill- I am not sure what her diagnosis is, but she has received SSI for years. She is naive and is often victimized by men. She has public housing assistance. He keeps threatening to call housing to say that he is living there so she will lose her housing. The govt. has been aggressive about prosecuting people who get housing assistance while they have a boyfriend paying rent on the side-- not that this guy pays rent.

She is worried that if she calls the cops, she will go to jail. I also think she is reluctant to call the cops because a part of her wants to help him. Rehab, etc.

Her case manager misses appointments and sounds pretty useless.

I called a domestic violence hotline where they answered the phone by asking for my name and number. Someone called me back and gave me the most useless information in the world (Call the cops, they won't let him go back there). Then she gave me the phone number to a suicide hotline because it had 'something to do with mental health issues' -- I am really flabbergasted at the call. I have suggested that people call these hotlines assuming that they will get some information or help - never again.

I don't really know how I can help her. I wanted to have 'proof' that she would not lose her housing over this and contact information for someone competent that could help her.