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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

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  • Sun 21 Oct 201803:06GMT
  • Sun 21 Oct 201813:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 201808:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 201817:06GMT
  • Wed 24 Oct 201823:06GMT