Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun while abusing or being addicted to drugs, a violation of federal law. Another question probed whether potential jurors or their close associates had ever sought treatment for drug use. During their, at times, emotional answers, prospective juror after juror described how drug use had afflicted people they knew. About 42% of adults in the United States say they personally know at least one person who died from a drug overdose, according to survey findings published earlier this year by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corporation. In addition to illuminating the sheer number of Americans impacted by addiction, Hunter Biden’s trial is also creating critical awareness around the very language used to describe drug use.

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Persons: Hunter Biden, Wilmington’s J, Caleb Boggs, “, ”, Scott Hadland, Hunter Biden’s, Andy Mendenhall, Bob Day, McPhillips, Marshall Cohen, Jacqueline Howard Organizations: Mental Health Services Administration, CNN, RAND Corporation, Children, Concern, Portland Police Locations: Delaware, United States, Oregon