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Parents share stories, warnings at drug forum
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Center Point Substance Abuse Prevention Director Judy Brownell speaks Tuesday night about trends in adolescent drug use for the Partnership for Drug Free Hall forum in the Brenau Downtown Center in Gainesville. - photo by Nick Watson
One night, three cups and 10 seconds. Doug Hanson said that was all it took to change his life and his grandson’s life. “I went from a mentor to a defender, and he went from the thrill of Friday night lights to the loneliness of a 24/7 timeframe behind the razor wire at (a youth detention center),” he said.