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How Chalu Banarsee Overcame Drug Dependency with help from GLIDE
Chalu Banarsee doesn’t tell his story in a straight line. He starts in Guyana — singing in church as a kid — and then you’re in Brooklyn, then on tour, then deep in the streets of San Francisco. Then he circles back. Faith, music, survival, loss, all layered together. But one thing comes through clearly: he’s still here. And there were moments when that wasn’t guaranteed. “I’ve been cut, stabbed, punched, beat, poisoned,” he says. “I’ve died seven times.”
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GLIDE’s Response to the New York Times on Solving San Francisco’s Drug Crisis
Dear members of the GLIDE community, I am writing to share an article published in the New York Times that describes GLIDE’s approach to Harm Reduction in a few short sentences. In its brevity, the article did not fully capture our core belief in a personalized approach to treat substance use disorder (SUD). This approach […]
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