Tom Wolf is a formerly homeless recovering Heroin and Fentanyl addict from San Francisco. In 2018, Tom spent 6 months homeless on the streets of the Tenderloin in San Francisco struggling with Heroin and Fentanyl addiction. He was arrested 6 times for holding drugs for street-level drug dealers and other offenses. Tom eventually went to jail for 3 months before going to a 6- month residential treatment program at The Salvation Army where he found recovery. Tom is now an internationally recognized Recovery Advocate. He has done speaking engagements across North America and most recently presented on the topic: “Drug Policy From the Street” at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria.
Tom has stood with parents who have lost their kids to Fentanyl poisoning, met with congressional leaders both Democrat and Republican in Washington DC and most recently has met senior advisors at The White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy and HUD to discuss the intersectionality of substance use and homelessness. Tom believes strongly that recovery and abstinence from drugs and addiction is the greatest form of Harm Reduction and continues advocate for common sense approaches to addiction and homelessness.