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Everyday Americans: Law and Order and Opioids

Exploring the real-time impact of the US opioid epidemic in one city—Louisville, Kentucky.

The opioid epidemic in America is impacting the criminal justice system. We meet the drug court judge who tells us about her hopes for those going through the court. We attend the drug court graduation ceremony and follow the police as they search for drugs. And, we assess the impact on Louisville's city jail, which runs the state Kentucky's biggest detox centre.

(Photo: A drug user holds a syringe. Credit: A Strupp/Courier Journal)

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50 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Oct 2018 03:06GMT
  • Sun 21 Oct 2018 13:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 2018 08:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 2018 17:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 2018 23:06GMT