Stories Related to In San Francisco, Opioid Addiction Treatment Offered On The Streets

ABBY GOODNOUGH, NY Times: Science
Sat, 08/18/2018 - 2:00am

City health workers are handing out buprenorphine prescriptions to homeless people in hopes of getting them into treatment.

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