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Drug Court helping people come back to normal life, contribution

Statistics show Drug Court has helped many people have their lives restored to sobriety, allowing them to be contributors to their families and communities again, and babies to be born drug-free.

By Linda Waggener

Circuit Court Judge of Adair and Casey Counties, Judy Vance Murphy, spoke to members of the Columbia Rotary Club Monday evening, February 26, 2018, about the ongoing success of Drug Court.

She told the group, from what she is experiencing, Meth is by far the biggest problem for these two counties and if one person can be freed from addiction and a life of crime to support it, the Drug Court is well worth the work.



She presented statistics showing many people have had their lives restored to sobriety, allowing them to be contributors to their families and communities again, and of babies being born drug-free.

Stories below expand on the success of Drug Court for one who shared her personal experience, and from the Columbia Police Department recent community forums:

Link to related stories:

Misty May, Addiction -- how it began for a fourteen year old girl, part I;

and Part II of Misty's story Addicted, out of control, arrested.

Chief Cross appeals for community's help in drug challenges

And another message from the CPD Drug crisis needs everyone fighting it together


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Circuit Judge Judy Vance Murphy is presented Rotary Flag



2018-02-27 - Cranmer Dining Center, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Circuit Court Judge Judy Vance Murphy, left, was the speaker at Monday evening's Rotary Club dinner. She provided statistics and details about the success of Drug Court in the two counties she serves, Adair and Casey, and how lives are changed for the better with agencies working together. Jerry Holt, President, gave her a Rotary Flag afterward for her contribution.

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Judge Lambert, Zornes and Holt visit after Rotary meeting



2018-02-28 - Cranmer Dining Center, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Court of Appeals District 3 Judge Debra Lambert, left, was among those attending the Rotary Club meeting this week. She talked with Columbia Rotary President Jerry Holt, right, and Attorney J. D. Zornes, center, about the Drug Court experiences shared by guest speaker, Judge Judy Vance Murphy. - LW

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