WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — According to Warren County Judge Maureen Skerda, approximately 85% of cases that enter the Warren County legal system involve drugs.

Nationally, the number is about four out of every five cases.

Additionally, Adult Probation Director Carl McKee says some of the offenses may not specify drugs, but around 80 percent of retail theft cases stem from the need to fund a drug habit.

McKee related the story of one person on probation who recently traveled to Clarion County to buy Suboxone as he couldn’t get it at the right price locally.

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