Cuyahoga Will Set Up Treatment Program

Cuyahoga County judges didn't let the chance to start a drug court slip through their grasp a second time.

Common Pleas Court judges unanimously voted in favor of a countywide drug court this week - 11 years after voting against such a measure. Court officials hope the treatment program will be up and running within a year.

"We are not going to be soft on crime," Court Administrator and former Common Pleas Judge Tom Pokorny said. "We are going to be smart on crime."

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