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Everyday Americans: Law and Order and Opioids

The Documentary Everyday Americans
Episode 2 of 3

Exploring the real-time impact of the US opioid epidemic in one city鈥擫ouisville, 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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