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METH SUMMIT from front page
important on a number of levels, one being
because backsliding is a major problem
when it comes to beating meth addition. The
first year is the toughest, he said.
“Getting past that first year is an incredible
hurdle, and they need to be praised for it,”
said Clayton. “Recovering from any addic
tion is a day by day, week by week, month
by month, year by year thing.”
Speakers this year include Dr. Brain
Moore, a clinical associate professor at the
University Of Georgia College of Pharmacy,
who will discuss the effects of drugs on the
body; interventionist Dr. Merrill A. Norton, a
licensed psychologist who has “facilitated
almost 1,000 interventions;” and Thomas
“Hollywood” Henderson, a former NFL
sunerstar who overcame substance abuse and
has been clean since 1983.
The CMAC was formed in 2006 by “a
group of community leaders and organiza
tions” whose goal was to provide support for
the community in combating methampheta-
mine. According to the CMAC, Daniel
Jackson, president of the Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Carroll
Tomorrow, was approached about the issue,
and worked with the chamber’s
Environmental Projects Committee on a plan
to help. The answer was a meth summit
seminar, which was held in the summer of
2006.
For those interested in helping the CMAC
in their efforts, tax deductible donations are
welcome and may be made through the
Community Foundation of West Georgia
either online at: www.CFWG.net or by mail
at 200 Northside Drive, Carrollton, Ga.,
30117.
The Carroll Substance Abuse Coalition
meets every 3rd Wednesday of each month
at 8:30 a.m. at 512 Elder Circle in Carrollton.
Their mission is “to provide support for the
community in combating the epidemic
caused by the use, distribution and manufac
turing of controlled substances.” They offer
education programs, as wells as links to
treatment services and law enforcement
agencies.
For more information, call (770) 830-1375
or email rclayton@carrollsherifif.com.
SUSPECTS from front page
yer, Jason Swindle. Co-defendant in the
case, Joshua Clay, 31 is scheduled to be
arraiagned Oct. 13, 12:30 p.m. before Judge
Dennis Blackmon.
The two were arrested after Marcelle
“Marci” Elliott’s body was found on July 28
near Buffalo Creek along Laurel Road,
Carrollton. They are being held at the county
jail without bond. The cause of death has
been officially determined as strangulation.
In an email message on Sept. 25, Swindle
said he is in “ongoing discussions” with the
county district attorney’s office on the case.
“Additionally, my own investigation is ongo
ing as well. I really cannot comment any fur
ther than that at this point,” he said.
On August 4, a specially called Carroll
County grand jury indicted the two suspects
on malice murder and felony murder
charges. They are also accused of aggravated
assault, false imprisonment and concealing
Elliott’s death.
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