The Criminalization of Addiction: The US vs Gary Scott Hancock Case - Softcover

Hancock PH D, G D

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218769147

Publisher: G.D. Hancock, Ph.D., 2025

Synopsis

The Story of G. Scott Hancock 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.

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.

If you think it could never happen to someone in your family think again.

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About the Author

G. D'Anne Hancock earned four degrees in finance and economics, including a Ph.D., and began her academic career at the University of Missouri in 1988. She earned tenure in 1994 and spent over two decades teaching and publishing in financial economics.Her professional success was upended when her son, Scott, became addicted to opioids following a legitimate prescription at age 16. In 2019, he was arrested under drug-induced homicide laws and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Hancock retired early to investigate how the U.S. justice system handles addiction, leading to this book her deeply personal account of a system that punishes the vulnerable and silences the truth.

Edition details

• Publisher: G.D. Hancock, Ph.D.
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218769147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262