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The Opioid Crisis and The Effects of Racism During the Crack Epidemic
By: Taylor Sweet This past summer, a West Virginian judge presided over defendant, Charles York Walker, Jr., in US District Court.[1] Judge Goodwin had seen it all too many times, another defendant entering a guilty plea under a plea deal for using a synthetic drug.[2] But this time, Judge Goodwin decided a plea deal was…
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