At the 40th Anniversary Summer of Love Concert

David E. Smith, MD is the founder of the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, and a pioneer in the field of addiction medicine. He has lived in the Haight-Ashbury since the early 1960s and his career has been strongly influenced by what happened during the Summer of Love.

Dave’s Faves

Like Minded Docs (LMD)

Proponents of psychosocial and spiritual support as a necessary part of medication assisted treatment, and viewing 12 step recovery modalities to be of great benefit in facilitating long-term recovery.

International Doctors in Alcoholics Anonymous

Worldwide fellowship of more than 9,900 healthcare professionals, and their families, who strive to help one another to achieve and maintain recovery from addictions.