Kings County (Calif.) commits to drug court

From the Hanford Sentinel blogs:

What is leadership anyway?

For me, the word evokes the image of what transpired inside the Kings County Supervisors Chambers the other day. Last Tuesday, a group of some 40 people representing faith groups, mental health workers, public health officials, law enforcement who are all part of Kings Partnership for Prevention, a community-based coalition dedicated to prevent drugs, alcohol and other related issues. They were there to send a message to the county leaders. A message that drug addiction, mainly due to methamphetamine, is at an epidemic proportion, and not enough is done to address it.

The group ended up persuading the board to commit itself, too, in a fight against meth by adopting a resolution to work toward creating a comprehensive drug court — a significant victory for the community.