Understanding Addiction and Recovery Night 1 - Harm ReductionJoin Mission Local managing editor and columnist Joe Eskenazi along with Dr. Daniel Ciccarone in a discussion about what harm reduction is, what it isn't and why it's demonization is not helpful or scientific.Dr. Daniel Ciccarone is Professor, Family and Community Medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. He is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 in person, $9 online
Wednesday, 09/03/25
Understanding Addiction Night 2 - the Overdose Epidemic and Recovery DebateIn late 1990s San Francisco, more than 100 people died of heroin overdoses a year. In the fentanyl era, those numbers seem quaint. At least 600 people have died of overdose every year since 2020, with a high of 810 in 2023.The unrelenting tragic pace - 358 more in the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 in person, $9 online
