How the fight against prescription drug abuse changed Georgia law

Dallas Gay of Hall County began to see things in a new light in 2009, when he discovered that his grandson had a serious drug problem. It was the nature of the drug that was especially surprising. Jeffrey Gay’s demon was not crystal meth, crack, or some other illicit substance. He was hooked on legal…

Wellness now the watchword at many workplaces

Michael Tribbett’s blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol level were soaring when he signed up for free wellness classes offered at work. But Tribbett, a maintenance worker at a poultry processing facility, came away from the classes filled with energy and new resolve. “I’m not ready to die yet, I’m ready to live,” said Tribbett,…

Teen pregnancy programs: How Hall County is reaching out

“My life is over! How am I going to do this?” Crystal Gonzalez says those thoughts went through her mind when she found out at a routine sports physical that she was five months pregnant. Gonzalez, a 17-year-old sophomore at West Hall High School, delivered her son Feb. 11. Gonzalez’s baby was born with spina…