opioid crisis – California Globe

Greenberg: No, Mayor Lurie, Twitter Didn’t Cause San Francisco’s Woes

May 22, 2025 11:20 amMay 22, 2025 11:20 am

San Francisco, once a shining beacon of innovation and culture, is grappling with a harsh reality: shuttered storefronts, rampant drug use, persistent homelessness, crime, and a fiscal mess. Previous Mayor London Breed and now Mayor Daniel Lurie have both pointed...

Veterans Betrayed: The Opioid Epidemic

August 28, 2024 11:33 amAugust 28, 2024 11:33 am

The news cycle has moved on, but the scars of the opioid crisis remain etched deep in communities across California. Take a stroll down nearly any street in Sacramento, and you will see the human impact firsthand. This ongoing tragedy...

Walgreens To Pay $230 Million Settlement to San Francisco for Contributing to Opioid Epidemic

May 17, 2023 8:05 pmMay 18, 2023 5:00 am

San Francisco reached a $230 million settlement with Walgreens on Friday over the companies role in the opioid crisis in the city, completing a District Court case last year that had found Walgreens guilty. The city, like many areas of...

What the Media Chooses To Ignore On The Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis

January 9, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2023 8:11 am

The United States is mired in an escalating war–and we are losing as the casualties continue to mount. According to the Centers For Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in...

State Judge Rules Drug Companies Not Liable For Opioid Epidemic in California

November 2, 2021 4:51 pmNovember 4, 2021 7:30 am

Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson gave a tentative ruling on Monday finding that multiple drug companies, including Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and other large drug companies not guilty for helping supply the U.S. opioid epidemic. Originally...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

California AG Xavier Becerra’s ‘Sneaky’ Power Grab

September 2, 2020 1:53 pm

“In an unusual last-minute power grab, Attorney General Xavier Becerra is trying to ram something called Assembly Bill 6 through the California State Legislature,” the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board reported Monday. “It’s a perfect example of bad, secretive and cynical...

Fentanyl Will Now Be Considered A Contaminant To Property Under New Law

October 11, 2019 3:29 pm

Fentanyl became the second drug in California to have specialized decontaminate laws after Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1596 into law earlier this week. AB 1596 revises the Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Act to the Methamphetamine or Fentanyl Contaminated Property Cleanup Act....