A Mother’s Journey to Save Her Daughter from Addiction, Homelessness

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Laurie Ann Steves drove from Seattle to San Francisco last May to try to reconnect with her daughter, Jessica, who is addicted to fentanyl and lives on and off the streets of San Francisco. Steves joins us to share how she tried to intervene in her daughter’s life, just months after losing her son to addiction, and we’ll hear from the San Francisco Chronicle journalists who documented her efforts. As we enter the holiday season, which can be a particularly painful time for those wanting to connect with a loved one struggling with mental health problems, homelessness or drug addiction, we get advice from UCSF psychiatrist Dr. Fumi Mitsuishi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.3	With a problem as big as fentanyl addiction or homelessness, it can be easy to lose sight of the humanity in each and every human person living on
0:56.3	the streets.
0:57.0	They've got siblings, loved ones, parents.
1:00.8	Parents who've had to decide how to cope with what's happened to their children,
1:04.3	Lori Steves is one of them.
1:06.0	Jessica is addicted to fentanyl and living on the streets in San Francisco.
1:12.2	In a recent chronicle feature,
1:13.6	Steve's documented the painful search she undertook to find her daughter
1:16.9	and try to get her off those streets.
1:19.1	I'm not sure what I'm up against,
1:21.9	but I just hope that she's tired enough
1:24.3	and that she's ready.
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