In this report from StayUp.News producer Tajh Thomas and senior video director Jack M. Angelo, author Corey Jay Johnson, along with a collection of friends and relatives, tells the story of Avon “Flubber” Johnson, a once-notorious West Baltimore drug dealer who contracted HIV as a result of his own struggle with addiction, overcame that struggle, and spent the final period of his life helping others do the same.
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