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...

May 4, 2023 · Bodies are strewn on the doorstep of San Francisco's main government building, contorted by the effects of fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine.

Feb 4, 2025 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to give newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city’s response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Feb 4, 2025 · San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to give newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has...

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.