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Cook County Veterans Court offers helping hand: (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
July 21, 2009
For the first time in three decades, Army veteran Eric Myers says he is confronting his addiction to heroin, an addiction that sent him to federal prison, ruined his marriage, cost him many jobs and most recently led to his arrest for drug possession. Now he meets daily with a social worker and attends classes on drug addiction and behavior modification, all mandated by Cook County Veterans Court, a newly formed court geared to military veterans charged with non-violent crimes, mostly drug offenses. [click here to view] (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-veterans-courtjul15,0,5997411.story)
