The Criminalization of Addiction

<p><em style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>The Story of G. Scott Hancock</em><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> is a gut-wrenching deeply personal account of a young man's descent into opioid dependence after a legitimate medical prescription and the shocking legal nightmare that followed. Scott raised in a stable successful family and armed with a degree in finance was just 29 when he was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison under a Reagan-era law meant for drug dealers. His real crime? Sharing fentanyl with a friend who tragically overdosed.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Written by his parent this book is more than a memoir. It's an urgent indictment of a system that punishes the sick and ignores the truth. You'll come away questioning everything you thought you knew about addiction justice and what it means to be guilty in America.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>If you think it could never happen to someone in your family think again.</span></p>