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Researchers Want to Know Why Anti-Opioid Drug Is Being Underused

Aug 08, 2017

Healthline, by Shawn Radcliffe on August 9, 2017 Read on the Healthline website Barriers still exist in getting primary care physicians to treat patients with opioid addiction during office visits. With millions of Americans suffering from opioid...

Gender Recognition Act crucial for nonbinary identification

Jun 20, 2017

San Francisco Examiner, by Dr. Dawn Harbatkin, June 20, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Examiner website Thousands of Californians see their gender misrepresented on state-issued identification cards every day. A bill overwhelmingly passed by the...

SF homeless count reveals impact of programs for youths, adults

Jun 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle, by Kevin Fagan, June 17, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Chronicle website Spackled into last week’s 80-page report detailing San Francisco’s latest homeless count were two big revelations: While the number of homeless youths...

San Francisco's Haight celebrates Summer of Love at Haight Ashbury Street Fair

Jun 10, 2017

SFGATE, by Peter Hockaday, June 11, 2017 Read on the SFGATE website This year's Haight Ashbury Street Fair had an extra dose of hippie. The 40th anniversary of the street fair was also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San...

Costs of teen drug addiction

Jun 08, 2017

Mercury News, By DARRYL CERENO | Mosaic, June 9, 2017 Read on the Mercury News website John recently turned 20, marking his third year of homelessness. He was originally from Oregon, but traveled south with a couple of friends. He hasn’t seen his...

New York Times: California Today

Jun 06, 2017

New York Times, by Mike McPhate, June 7, 2017 Read on the NYTimes website ... And Finally ... It was 1967, the year of the Summer of Love, and hippies were streaming into San Francisco. Substance abuse was a growing problem, and some felt the...

HealthRIGHT 360 and Women’s Community Clinic to Merge, Expanding Access to Care for Low-Income Women and Girls in the Bay Area

May 15, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT May 15, 2017 Ivan Becerra | 415.392.1000...

Q&A: This one-time heroin addict gives back as head of substance abuse program

May 04, 2017

Name: Vitka Eisen Age: 57 City: Berkeley Position: CEO, HealthRIGHT 360 J.: You have been involved for more than three decades with San Francisco’s Walden House, which serves people with substance abuse disorders. It merged with Haight Ashbury Free...

CA safe injection bill takes next step

May 04, 2017

By Liz Highleyman, The Bay Area Reporter, May 4, 2017 Read on The Bay Area Reporter's website A bill that would allow supervised drug consumption facilities in California took another step forward, as the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4-3...

A New Kind of Health Center Is Coming to Mission District in S.F.

May 03, 2017

By Bill Bradley, Next City, May 3, 2017 Read on Next City's website This article is the second in a series of profiles of impact development projects produced in partnership with guest editor Gregory Heller. Impact development is a term that...