1 day ago · San Francisco has long been known for its liberal politics, but homeless tent encampments and public drug use surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overdose deaths fueled by cheap and potent fentanyl reached a record high in San Francisco of over 800 in 2023.

1 day ago · San Francisco fentanyl state of emergency measure clears 1st hurdle 02:16. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to give newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and ...

Jan 15, 2025 · SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled his first proposed law since taking office last Wednesday aimed at cutting red tape to more rapidly address the city's fentanyl crisis.

Jul 17, 2024 · The most troubling aspect of San Francisco’s fentanyl crisis is the more than 800 people who died from drug overdoses last year, and of those, around 80% involved the use of the deadly opioid...

Oct 16, 2024 · San Francisco residents who use fentanyl can now call the SFDPH Behavioral Health Access Line at 888-246-3333 daily between 8 a.m. and midnight to be connected to a medical provider and receive an immediate prescription for buprenorphine or a referral to a methadone program.

Aug 18, 2023 · The proliferation of fentanyl in recent years has driven a deadly drug overdose epidemic in San Francisco. The Chronicle is tracking accidental overdose deaths in the city to shed light on...

May 22, 2024 · Now that smoking has replaced injecting as the most common way to consume fentanyl, UC San Francisco researchers have uncovered an increased risk of fatal overdose from the residue that accumulates in smoking equipment.

Fentanyl is causing high rates of overdose deaths in San Francisco and in cities across the nation. What is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a human made opioid. It is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. Some fentanyl is legal and prescribed by doctors for severe pain. It is dangerous if not used as prescribed. Some fentanyl is not legal.

Dec 22, 2023 · In addition to the seizure of 40 pounds of fentanyl (which equates to over 9 million lethal doses of the drug), the CHP has issued more than 4,468 citations leading to 428 arrests for illegal activity and recovered more than a dozen crime-linked guns as …

Mar 17, 2022 · Within the past two weeks, SFDPH has become aware of three fatal and nine non-fatal fentanyl overdoses among persons in San Francisco who reportedly intended to only use cocaine. The three fatal-overdoes occurred in the Mission district on March 5, 2022 and were previously reported in the media.