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Graduation Day in Drug Court

Graduation Day in Drug Court

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It was graduation day in Yankton County Drug Court Wednesday.
There were two members of the eleventh class that have passed through the court since it began in 2013.
One of those, Misty Thomas says she is still on her way….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/misty-thomas-227a

Thomas says it is a complete change to go through the drug court..https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/misty-thomas-227b

Thomas described years of abuse at the hands of her husband and the temporary loss of her four kids. She says drug court turned into everything…..

Drug court is a seventeen-month process with about a seventy percent success rate.

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