The opioid epidemic not only shined a light on the disease of addiction, it has also shown the racial injustice of drug prevention in America.
After the crack epidemic in the 90s, the “war on drugs” talk was get them off the streets and into a cell. After the opioid epidemic, people began talking about rehabilitation.
The distinction — race.
Though the opioid epidemic has forever changed America’s perception of drug users, the data still shows that black people are repeatedly punished more severely than white people for drug crimes.
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