“This has been the best experience thus far,” Gary Noakes tells the San Francisco Chronicle about his new rehab facility, Hope House. “It’s the safest and cleanest environment, and now I’m able to really work on myself.”
Operated by the Salvation Army, the new 58-bed shelter is the city’s first experiment in drug-free rehab. For decades, remaining drug-free has not been a precondition for rehabilitation services in San Francisco, with predictable results.
Because standards were set so low for so long, Mayor Daniel Lurie is not exaggerating when he says his administration is “fundamentally transforming the city’s response to the homelessness and behavioral health crisis” with this new approach to drug addiction treatment services in the city.
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