Mississippi tackles opioid crisis with an alternative to prison

Mississippi tackles opioid crisis with an alternative to prison

Mississippi tackles opioid crisis with an alternative to prison RANKIN CO., Miss. (WLBT) — An opioid crisis is sweeping across the country, creating both a health crisis and a crime problem. For many people arrested on drug charges, the path is predictable: jail, prison, and often, right back to drugs. Cole Christman, Lauren Carver, and Anthony Mayfield all faced the same outcome without intervention: prison or death. “I’d be in prison or dead,”…