One Last Hit #16 With Attorney Mark Astor | The Florida Law That Saves the Lives of Addicts

About this episode

Attorney Mark Astor started his law firm in February 2016 out of a public library, flat broke, and went 14 months before the phone rang. Today he runs a 15 person firm in South Florida that does one thing: it uses the Marchman Act and guardianship to help families get a loved one with a substance use or mental health disorder into court ordered treatment, and keep them there. Austin was Marchman acted himself in early 2014, so this one is personal. Mark breaks down what the Marchman Act actually does (assessment and treatment for up to 90 days, with jail as the consequence for walking out), who can file, why it only works when families enforce it, and the story of a client who called an…