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Kemba Smith, a survivor of America’s war on drugs and mass incarceration

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In 1985, Kemba Smith became a victim of the war on drugs. The former Hampton University student was in an abusive relationship with a drug-dealing boyfriend. Smith spoke at the “Not One Step Back: One Day Strategy Session on the Drug War, Mass Incarceration, and Public Health” event.


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