From Its Counterculture Roots, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Morphs Into Health Care Conglomerate (californiahealthline.org)
Since it opened 50 years ago, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic has been a refuge for everyone from flower children to famous rock stars to Vietnam War veterans returning home addicted to heroin. Strolling through the clinic, one of the first of its kind in the nation, founder Dr. David Smith points to a large collage that decorates a wall of an exam room affectionately referred to as the Psychedelic Wall of Fame. Fundamentally, Smith and others say, the organization has remained true...