TIFTON, Ga. (WTXL) - After 11 reported overdoses in a 4 week period, Tifton judges and counselors are creating ways to get help and raise awareness on the rising number of addiction problems they're seeing.
Judges in the Tift County court system say they are tired of seeing crimes and deaths that could have been prevented.
They add that the majority of crime cases they handle are committed by people who have drug or alcohol addiction problems.
They say drug addiction is becoming an epidemic for the county and those addictions can affect even people you wouldn't expect.
Officials are hopeful this will only be the beginning of the available options for people in Tift County.
