Inner Revolutionary Radio

It’s not just drugs. There are many kinds of addictions: alcohol, sex, gambling, shopping, food and more. And there are many kinds of punishment: from humiliation to incarceration. Sex addiction, for example, is heavily punished both by social humiliation and sometimes jail. People losing jobs, imprisonment for “deviant behavior,” lives ruined. But let’s get real! Addiction is rampant. Again, look at sex addiction: 20% of US men admit to accessing porn at work. 19% of all adults regularly surf for it. 47% of Christians said pornography is a major problem in the home. 10% of adults admit to internet sexual addiction. And, believe it or not, one third of on-line porn viewers are women. Should we punish addicts through humiliation or prison? What does punishment accomplish anyway? A meditation instructor, Kara Dansky has spent many years in the criminal justice system and she’s questioning the punishment of addicts. Is she naïve or is treatment just common sense? Tune in and find out.