Dreamhost didn't allow creating a symlink from /usr/local/bin to drush
echo $PATH
did not provide any parts of the path that it looked like sudo-less users would have access to.
Fortunately, the below instructions worked well:
http://civicactions.com/blog/2009/nov/04/installing_drush_dreamhost
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