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@sfstandard reporter. Previously: @sfchronicle @sacbee_news @mercnews
sfchronicle.com/author/maggie-… Joined June 2015
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Exclusive: Within 13 months, four clients and one staff member fatally overdosed at facilities run by San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider.

Their deaths are among several signs that HealthRight’s programs are not working as designed.
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www.sfchronicle.com They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program San Francisco’s largest addiction treatment provider is supposed to be a place to get sober. Instead, clients say they found “rampant” drug use and chaos.
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A $7 million tiny cabin community for homeless San Franciscans has sat empty nearly a year.

City officials have offered little explanation for why the 60 cabins remain in storage or whether it has a plan to bring them online.
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sfstandard.com Lurie vowed to add more shelters. A $7M cabin community has sat empty nearly a year Neighborhood politics, tense lease negotiations, and bureaucratic paralysis has left 60 usable shelter beds in limbo.
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Treatment for fentanyl addiction is easier than ever to get in San Francisco. So why are so few sticking with it? via @sfchronicle sfchronicle.com/sf/article/fen…
www.sfchronicle.com Treatment for fentanyl addiction is easier than ever to get in S.F. Why are so few sticking with it? Medication-assisted treatment is the gold standard for treating opioid addiction. Yet, despite its proven track record, health care professionals are struggling to ensure people stick with them.
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With 15 months of sobriety, an aspiring San Francisco firefighter was building a new life — until a fatal relapse last month sfchronicle.com/sf/article/asp…
www.sfchronicle.com With 15 months of sobriety, aspiring S.F. firefighter was building a new life — until a fatal... Trying to get his life back on track after years of addiction, Kyle Emerson died of an overdose in San Francisco after he relapsed in May. His family partly blames the city’s drug policies.
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New: Parents sue S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider after their son fatally overdosed in rehab, alleging that HealthRight 360 created a "dangerous milieu" and failed to ensure their son's safety. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/par… via @sfchronicle
www.sfchronicle.com Parents sue S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider after their son died in rehab An attorney for the family said conditions inside HealthRight’s facilities were “the perfect fuel” for their son's death, which he said should have been prevented.