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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Updated with video; Kyle James is a mother, a widow, and a drug addict.

Saturday, September 22, 2012  The fourth annual Recovery Celebration was held Saturday at the Ray Charles pavilion.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  Updated with video; Drug abuse classes get renews for DOCO jail inmates.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Dougherty County drug agents say they’re seeing more drug users turn to new ways of getting high - synthetic marijuana and bath salts.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011  A Hollywood star is raising the stakes and raising eyebrows with his highly publicized, bizarre behavior.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  One in 13 Georgians is in prison, on probation or on parole. That's the highest rate in the nation.

Friday, February 04, 2011  Albany Drug Unit Commander Bill Berry says he’s never seen anything like what happened at last week’s drug raid in his 35 years as a police officer. But he’s not talking about the raid itself.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  Methamphetamine is perhaps the most deadly street drug in history. The side effects are devastating – paranoia, rotting teeth and tingling sensations in the skin, called ‘meth bugs,’ that are so strong they cause users to tear off their own flesh.