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Jan. 16, 1997

Judge Melinda M. Reed

Tulare Superior

With drug offenses overloading the Tulare County courts, Judge Melinda Reed thought it was about time to start a drug court at the central courthouse in Visalia.
Other California counties and two other courts in the sprawling Tulare County court system had instituted plans for dealing with substance abusers. So why shouldn't they do the same here? Reed posed the question to the judges of Tulare County Municipal Court.
Reed prepared herself for opposition... (continued)

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