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Probation director: caseloads steady, rising synthetic and veterinary‑grade drugs heighten risks
Summary
Wakulla County probation director Nikisha Oliver reported about 120 active cases, widespread co‑occurring substance‑use and mental‑health needs, and emerging local appearances of kratom and xylazine; staff attributed a recent decline in overdose deaths to treatment access and improved drug surveillance.
WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. — Nikisha Oliver, Wakulla County’s probation director, briefed county commissioners on Aug. 4 about the office’s caseload, local substance‑use trends and the services the probation office uses to connect defendants to treatment and community supports.
Oliver told the board the probation office currently supervises roughly 120 active cases and that staff have terminated about 160 cases since Jan. 1. She said the office has linked more than 100 clients with substance‑use treatment, mental‑health care, job services, education and community support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
“About 70% of the clients that we see deal with mental health or either substance abuse,” Oliver said,…
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