Addiction Meets The Law

03/01/2024 36 min Temporada 2 Episodio 2
Addiction Meets The Law

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If you want get in touch, send us a textThe war on drugs has successfully filled our prisons and jails.  But as the opioid epidemic shows, criminalizing drug use has failed to address the enormous problem of addiction in this country.   Tune into this episode to hear personal stories about the intersection between addiction and incarceration.   In 2023, Judy Van Wyk and April Barber partnered to create a podcast about the many issues people face when transitioning from prison. Van Wyk is a longtime video producer and criminal justice advocate. April Barber received a life sentence when she was 15. After more than 31 years, she had her sentence commuted by Governor Cooper. She was released March 24, 2022.