If he is cooking patches then he is a lost cause. Until he kicks and is off for awhile then you either need to babysit him to make sure he kicks or have him off.
There are functional junkies. I have known a couple but if he doesn't have an income then he will steal your . If you have ever seen a junkie go through DT's you know why.

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All doctors, a very high risk occupation with easily accessible drugs. One was a diabetic and put himself into a vegetative state with medicinal grade cocaine----it was weird to be going to his lectures one year then be changing his diaper the next. One Australian surgeon who finally offed himself after multiple attempts at rehab for morphine addiction. Then one guy who was an addict even before he went to med school then hooked up with a psycho enabler nurse (he was her second addict husband); she watched him shoot up anything he could get his hands on and just did some serious hand wringing while saying there was nothing she could do----I wrote her off way before he finally OD'd and left her a well off young widow. Then the 4th guy is the only one I had to totally break off my friendship with---- lost his medical license, never stole from me, but he stole from my brother and my roommate; last I heard he is recovered, but homeless and dying of cancer. Then the 5th guy is probably one of the most brilliant trauma surgeons in the state, got hooked in iv Stadol, went to rehab a couple of times before he finally recoverd; we are still friends and I would trust my life (and my family's) in his hands anytime.
