Missouri chief justice touts 20 years of drug courts

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | 2:49 p.m. CST; updated 3:46 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 23, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY — More than 12,000 criminal defendants have successfully completed special substance abuse treatment programs since they began in Missouri two decades ago, the state's top judge said Wednesday.

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