Judge Bruce Winters with the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court said about 80 percent of the cases on his docket are drug-related, including cases involving possession, theft and burglary. He started mandatory drug testing in his court in 2009, when he was first elected as judge. Winters said many of drug cases involve addicts who have diagnosable mental health issues such as depression, anxiety or PTSD. To address those issues, he hired a mental health counselor to make sure people in drug court get appropriate treatment.
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