Nearly 350 people in San Francisco have died of drug overdoses through May, marking the deadliest start to a year since 2020.
After 74 more deaths in May, the total number of accidental overdose deaths reached 346 in 2023 thus far, surpassing last year’s figure by 100, according to a preliminary report released by the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Thursday.
“Several factors may explain the decrease in accidental overdose deaths in 2022 and the subsequent increase this year,” HealthRIGHT 360’s analysis stated. “These factors include the closure of the Center – which offered overdose prevention services – and an escalation in punitive approaches, including the further criminalization of drug use and arrests of people who use drugs.”
The City plans to open smaller"wellness hubs" that would offer many of the same services as the Tenderloin Center, but has yet to propose a specific location or operator for one. San Francisco beaches get top marks in annual report card SF's coastal water is cleaner than some of it's Bay Area neighbors'
Newsom deployed CHP on May 1 as part of a joint public safety operation in San Francisco. The initiative includes other local and state agencies, including the California Department of Justice, the San Francisco Police Department, and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.“I’m proud of the CHP and CalGuard’s lifesaving efforts to shut down the Tenderloin’s poison pipeline and hold drug traffickers accountable,” Newsom said in Thursday’s statement.
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