Experts say The City lacks resources to fight it.
Childhood trauma can be a significant driver of drug addiction in adulthood and can affect all walks of life — but rehabilitative programs are few and far between in San Francisco and often not accessible to low-income people battling drug problems.
Broken homes, broken systems: One man's death tells a tragic tale The life and death of Sean Messer tell a larger story of familial chaos and a safety net strained to its breaking point Still, Bush, whose expertise is in child and family health and wellbeing, said chronic drug addiction is less an outcome of childhood trauma and more a social phenomenon.
How SF food trucks' post-pandemic pivot centers on authenticity Off the Grid returns to Fort Mason for the next eight Fridays with vendors' newfound focus on telling the stories that shaped their culinary tastes A 2008 study of two community-based drug treatment programs in San Francisco by University of California researchers found that people will only wait a month for drug treatment services before giving up.
Johanna Folk, an assistant professor in the UCSF department of psychiatry, said access to mental health services and education, and positive relationships with mentally-well adults, can make or break a young person’s inclination to use drugs — which, in some cases, leads to severe addiction, overdose and death.
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