'We can help them': Lehigh County DA aims to reduce or even wipe criminal charges clean for those who successfully complete new drug abuse program
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Lehigh County officials are making a new push to get people charged with low-level drug offenses on the way to being clean, rather than on the way to jail.
A new program aims to treat those arrested, and are struggling with drug abuse, rather than just throwing them in prison. The district attorney says if a person successfully completes the program, charges could be reduced, or even wiped clean, before the case reaches a courtroom.
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