S.F. drug users often reject treatment. They say relationships can open the door to recovery.

The wind battering Treasure Island in early May was strong enough to blow a ladybug off the sidewalk.

“Watch out little guy,” Indigo warned. He took his next steps with a delicacy unexpected from a man wearing thick trekking shoes and distressed cargo pants.

On the Southwest side of the mile-long island, Indigo walked along a rock buffer separating the road from the sea. Looking out at downtown San Francisco, he described how he saw it when he first arrived 30-some years ago: A “snowglobe city,” quaint and pristine…

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