Interview with Shane Young, November 26, 2018

Project: Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic

Interview Summary

Shane Young is Hardin County, Kentucky's Commonwealth Attorney. He discusses his childhood, military career, and law career as a private attorney and then state prosecutor in Hardin County, Kentucky. He talks about House Bill 463, which reduced drug possession punishment, and the unintended consequences it had on getting people into treatment. Young also discusses the drug trends seen in Hardin County, such as the scarcity of pill mills, which meant that the region's prescription opioid addiction problems never got out of hand. However, methamphetamine has been on the rise.

Interview Accession

2018oh737_pain021

Interviewee Name

Shane Young

Interviewer Name

Nadia Ramlagan

Interview Date

2018-11-26

Interview Keyword

Carfentanyl Drug court Drug possession laws Fentanyl Hardin County, Kentucky House Bill 463 Judicial system Rocket Docket Program Narcotics prosecution Families Drug decriminalization Marijuana Spice Drug traffic. Drugs--Prescribing. Medication abuse.

Interview LC Subject

Drug addiction Opioid abuse Heroin abuse Drug abuse Opioid use Substance abuse Hardin County (Ky.) Drug abuse--Treatment Drug addiction--Treatment Drug addiction and recovery Substance abuse--Patients--Rehabilitation Substance abuse--Social aspects Substance abuse--Treatment Drug abuse and crime Drug abuse--Law and legislation Substance abuse--Law and legislation Substance abuse--Social aspects Drug abuse--Social aspects

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