picture made all a major milestone today in the battle against the heroin epidemic. a Graduation Ceremony at the Cuyahoga County drug court has more than two dozen seeing the possible. Monica Robbins joins us live from the Justice Center with more. good evening. reporter good evening ross. the court has been active since 2009. and today it celebrated its 300th graduate. 300 of them took control of their now sober lives. the majority of these dependent. the goal of the program is to break the cycle of recidivism g drug dependency, putting them through treatment and holding them accountable. only those assessed as drug dependent are allowed into the program and this year included the safe first graduates of course. those who not only suffer from addiction but also Mental Health issues relating to and while this is certainly a the fight, there is still a lot of work left to be done. we are on pace for one of the highest overdose death rates in years because of the rise in fentanyl cases.