After three heart surgeries, he still can’t kick addiction. This is how we told his story
- Posted on November 1, 2025
- By San Francisco Chronicle
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After three heart surgeries, he still can’t kick addiction. This is how we told his story

Over the past year, a San Francisco Chronicle reporter and photographer spent time with an S.F. drug user as he faced his third heart surgery and, through it all, continued to use.