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Walking the Line after Crack Era Moves From Crime to Healing
The piece follows Alton Lucas once tied to the 1980s crack trade who found a second act through Sunflower Landscaping with help from Inmates to Entrepreneurs. It traces decades of drug policy, race impacts, and reform calls sparked by the war on drugs, noting mass incarceration and limited second chances for Black and Latino Americans. It includes expert views from Gilberto Gonzalez, Kassandra Frederique, Roland Fryer, and others on accountability, treatment, and policy reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Lucas
North Carolina
Youtha Anthony Fowler
Fowler
Lucas
Sunflower Landscaping
Richard Nixon
U.S
Associated Press
Gilberto Gonzalez
Drug Enforcement Administration
Mexico
South America
Los Angeles
Gonzalez
Congressional Black Caucus
Kassandra Frederique
The
Drug Policy Alliance
Harvard
Roland Fryer
Fryer
Nixon
NBA
Len Bias
University of Maryland
U.S. House of Representatives
Reagan
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Frederique
Donovan Ramsey
Ramsey