Georgia is home to more methadone clinics than any of its neighbors and some fear a new law will make the state attractive to even more.
“We’ve got plenty in Georgia,” said Catoosa County Coroner Venita Hullander, who worked with legislators on a law that took effect in May and sets a cap of four clinics in each of 49 newly-designed regions.
Hullander wonders if that will only encourage clinics to locate in those areas – like Cobb and DeKalb Counties – that do not already have four clinics that use methadone, a narcotic, to help addicts ween themselves of addictions to other drugs.
To read more about the struggle of getting off methadone, please go to myajc.com.
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DeKalb County police believe Gregory Williams killed his grandmother. They say he attacked her with a "Rambo-style" knife and disposed of her body. Police still hadn't found the grandmother's body by Monday. The cops think she is dead because no one could lose as much blood as they found and live. Williams has been charged with kidnappy, aggravated assault and theft by taking.
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