Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Derailed again by alcohol, Cobb teen works program with court

Fifty-six percent of seniors said they had used alcohol in the previous 30 days, and 35 percent said they had used marijuana.

"East Cobb? Definitely worse with alcohol and the more expensive drugs," said juvenile probation officer Sabra Kofa-Dunn, a member of the drug court team.

Bonnie was the poster girl for the Cobb Drug Court, filming videos for a recent fund-raising campaign. With 11 months and 14 days of sobriety, she'd graduated from the program and made for a great face of success.

But on this day she's back in court, in handcuffs and ankle cuffs.

Her parents, Jennifer and Michael Pintur, are tired of fighting their daughter, tired of the bad choices she keeps making.

"My biggest fear is that we'll end up going to her funeral," Michael Pintur says.

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