Darryl S. Inaba
| Darryl S. Inaba, PharmD, CADC III | |
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| Born | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Residence | Central Point, Oregon, U.S. |
| Citizenship |
U.S. 
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| Fields |
Addiction Medicine Clinical Toxicology Detoxification |
| Alma mater |
UCSF Medical Center University of California, San Francisco |
| Known for | Author Uppers, Downers, All Arounders Haight Ashbury Free Clinics |
Darryl S. Inaba, PharmD., was born June 16, 1946 in Denver, Colorado. He is an associate professor of Pharmacology at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, California and the Director of Clinical and Behavioral Health Services at ARC (Addiction Recovery Center) in Medford, Oregon. He is also special consultant and instructor for the University of Utah School of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, as well as the Director of Education and Research at CNS Productions. Dr. Inaba is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, which has been published since 1967.
Inaba was one of the original volunteers at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics in San Francisco which was founded by Dr. David E. Smith in response to the medical needs of the thousands of young people who descended upon San Francisco for the Summer of Love. The Free Clinic opened on June 6, 1967.
In 1969, Inaba co-founded the Detoxification and Rehabilitation Unit of the Haight Ashbury Clinic with Skip Gay, M.D., in response to the epidemic of methamphetamine and heroin addiction. As director of detox, Inaba supervised the treatment of some 350,000 addicts and alcoholics who were self-referred.
Inaba was the CEO and president of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics from 1989-2005, as well as the past chairman of the San Francisco Asian American Substance Abuse Task Force. He is also the first lifelong Fellow of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. While at the Free Clinic (1967-2005) Inaba had a great interest in the development culturally consistent substance abuse treatment services.
The Clinic was initially funded through proceeds of benefit concerts, many of which were organized by Bill Graham. The first of such benefit concerts took place on July 13, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California. Another, titled "Dr. Sunday's Medicine Show", took place on October 8, 1967 in San Jose, California.
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