3 days ago · San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a rally at City Hall to support legislation that gives the mayors extra power to address the city’s fentanyl crisis Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in San Francisco.

1 day ago · One of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's newest ideas for dealing with the city's street drug epidemic is being set up in a South of Market parking lot. Lurie said the fentanyl triage center is a ...

2 days 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 ...

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...

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.

Jan 15, 2025 · San Francisco’s new mayor is rolling out his first legislation, and it aims to address one of his first pledges as a candidate: dealing with the city’s fentanyl epidemic. Sergio Quintana...

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.

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.

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 …

2 days ago · SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday afternoon to approve Mayor Daniel Lurie’s emergency fentanyl ordinance, giving the newly elected mayor greater power to expedite solutions to address drug markets and open-air drug use in the city. ... Fentanyl deaths in San Francisco have soared since the Covid-19 ...