By Liz Farsaci
A record number of former drug users who got their lives back on track graduated from the Dublin district drugs court today.
Four men graduated from the Drug Treatment Court during the ceremony making it the highest number of participants graduating at any one time in the court’s 16-year history.
People are sent to the drug court, based at Green Street Courthouse, Dublin 7 as an alternative to custody for minor drugs-related offences.
They participate in a programme aimed at helping them become drug free. They can graduate once they have become drug free and secure full-time training, education or employment. ….read more