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When Dr. David Smith, the only son of a railroad worker and a nurse, graduated from the University of California medical school in 1964, he expected to pursue a PhD and a career as a physician, researcher, and faculty member.
But just down the hill from the medical center, the times were changing. A day at the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park, followed by a fateful LSD trip with friends a few months later, set him on a different course.
In Healthcare Is a Right: A Memoir, the beloved “Dr. Dave” shares his personal story, from building the famous Haight Ashbury Free Clinic with help from friends—like San Francisco music promoter Bill Graham, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and George Harrison—to blazing a trail in the field of addiction medicine.