Soma Snakeoil

Co-founder, The Sidewalk Project

Co-founder of The Sidewalk Project

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A nonprofit called the Sidewalk Project supplies unhoused people with Narcan, clean syringes, condoms, pipes, and marijuana.

How a Narcan ‘Tree of Life’ prevents overdoses on Skid Row

A nonprofit called the Sidewalk Project supplies unhoused people with Narcan, clean syringes, condoms, pipes, and marijuana.

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