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Newshawk: chip
Pubdate: Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Source: Greenville News (SC)
Copyright: 2004 The Greenville News
Contact:
Website: http://greenvillenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/877
Author: Andy Paras
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?159 (Drug Courts)
DRUG COURT PROGRAM ROUTES PEOPLE INTO WORK
Sam Rhodes was once a 48-year-old crack addict with no friends, no family
and 12 years of prison staring him in the face. Not many people would give
a chance to a man who estimates that within two years of starting the drug,
he had spent $400,000 on his habit.
"It doesn't mean that when my money was gone I didn't start losing other
people's money," he said. "It was a killer to me. It brought me to my knees."
Rhodes was given a second chance when in 1999 he pleaded guilty to drug
charges and entered the Greenville County Drug Court program. Now 54, he
has a wife, two young children and his own company. "I like who I am
today," he said.
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