Opioid Epidemic
Opioids, especially fentanyl, are devastating San Francisco, and many of the city’s overdose victims have been found within blocks of each other in the Tenderloin and South of Market. These stories capture S.F.'s sprawling drug crisis.
TL;DR
- A woman claims a San Francisco official coerced her into sex during a mental health crisis.
- San Francisco is arresting more drug users and implementing drug-free policies for new supportive housing.
- Jail recovery programs in San Francisco reach only a fraction of those in need.
- Federal authorities announced 89 arrests in an eight-month drug surge in San Francisco.
- Over a million people have died from drug overdoses nationwide, with opioids like fentanyl driving the majority of these deaths.