County sides with drug court

County officials and residents have come out to defend the Sweetwater County Drug Court from proposed budget cuts.

The state is considering a cut which could remove approximately $100,000 in funding from the drug court. Drug court is a service combining addiction treatment professionals, attorneys, judges and social service workers to help those with non-violent drug and alcohol offenses in their recovery and get their lives back together. Donna Lee Bobak, Sweetwater County Clerk of District Court, described drug court as being more intense than supervised probation, as the clients involved in...