YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Mahoning County continues to receive its share from that massive opioid settlement from pharmaceutical companies.

County Commissioners Thursday agreed to provide $75,000 in settlement funds to the Mahoning County Drug Court.

Judge John Durkin presides over the program, which was established more than 28 years ago to help those arrested on non-violent drug-related felonies.

Those who successfully graduate have their charges dismissed and their records expunged.

"Of the 1,600 that have graduated, I can tell you that over 65% of the people who enter a plea of guilty successfully complete the program," said Durkin.

The judge told Commissioners that those entering the Drug Court program receive help in receiving their GEDs, as well as obtaining job training and em

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