Wyoming Drug Court Changing Lives

Rocky Mountain News.LARAMIE - The Albany County Drug Court saves lives - at least four of its participants think so, anyway.

Doug Spriggs, a drug court graduate, said that before participating in the program he was about to become his "mom's worst fears." But several weeks ago, Spriggs used what he called "leadership skills that used to lead people into trouble" to volunteer in Biloxi, Miss., providing hurricane relief aid.

Randy Williams hated authority figures, but now, he says, he can deal. In fact, since being enrolled in the drug court program, he has earned his GED and is a student in the Laramie County Community College construction technologies program.

Michael Flores, who said he was going "straight to prison" before the program, is currently employed and says he plans to go to the University of Wyoming in the fall. He wants to earn a degree in business and someday own his own business.

Rocky Mountain News.