Two Former Drug Addicts Aim to Bring Positive Change to San Francisco
On 730 Polk Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco sits a safe syringe access center, St. James Infirmary, where clean syringes and other drug use supplies are provided every Tuesday evening. Narcan—a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of an overdose—is also distributed. The “harm reduction” model used in the city focuses on “meeting people…