Hollywood4WRD is a nonprofit that brings Hollywood residents, providers, and business leaders together to create effective homelessness solutions. They are hosting an event that should totally be on the radar of anyone who is interested in this crisis.
On Tuesday, June 13 at 5pm, journalist SAM QUINONES, will be in Hollywood to discuss his work documenting methamphetamine and fentanyl addiction in the US and its impact on homelessness in LA. His talk will be followed by a conversation with leading medical professionals highlighting the barriers substance abuse adds to ending homelessness and the kinds of interventions that work.
This discussion is FREE and open to all. But space is limited, so sign up NOW.
Experts include:
Sam Quinones -- the Author of The Least of Us: True Tales of America in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth and Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,
Dr. Brian Hurley -- Medical Director, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Nicole Farley -- Emergency Department Coordinator JWCH Institute, Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles Medical Center Emergency Department
A TRAGIC STORM:
The Intersection of Homelessness + Addiction in 2023
Tues, June 13
5pm - 7:30pm
The W Hotel
6250 Hollywood Blvd, HOLLYWOOD