Employing Hope in Roanoke

Published February 16, 2014

Employing hope in Roanoke
Filed under: crack cocaine treatment methods
When she landed in Manhattan, Ebony Lynch-Thomas hadn't touched a crack pipe or a heroin syringe in nearly eight years. … She lived there a year, first in intensive treatment and then as a supportive home-base from which to rejoin society and find work. Read more on Roanoke Times

The Register's Editorial: How to cut US prison budget and bring sentencing …
Filed under: crack cocaine treatment methods
The 1990s crackdown on crack disproportionately affected African-Americans. One gram of crack cocaine, more commonly used in black communities, was treated the same as 100 grams of powder cocaine for sentencing purposes. In 2010, the Fair … Read more on Shreveport Times