Overdose

Addiction Experts Cry Foul at Mayoral Candidates’ Push for Drug Arrests

IT’S MADDENING –

Oct. 11, 2024 – Incumbent Mayor London Breed said the issue is personal for her. Her sister died of a drug overdose, and she’s had to lead the city through the fentanyl crisis, which other major cities across the country have also struggled to contain. The increased politicization around the city’s drug response comes as 462 people died from an overdose in San Francisco in 2024 so far … The increased politicization around the city’s drug response comes as 462 people died from an overdose in San Francisco in 2024 so far — on track for a slight decrease from 2023, when 810 people died of an overdose, the city’s worst year on record. This comes amid an increasingly tense election in San Francisco, where intersecting issues of public drug use, homelessness and safety are top of mind for most voters.

CONTINUE@KQED

C Luke

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