San Francisco fentanyl overdose deaths

San Francisco Announces Record 806 Overdose Deaths In City In 2023

January 18, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 18, 2024 2:46 am

New data from the City of San Francisco released on Wednesday found that 806 total drug overdoses occurred in 2023, marking the highest yearly number of overdoses ever in the city, and over 150 more than the 2022 amount of...

CHP Announces Massive Seizure Of Fentanyl From Tenderloin District in SF Since May

December 22, 2023 4:05 pmDecember 22, 2023 4:05 pm

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that the CHP has seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl in the approximately 10-block radius of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood since the CHP first began an increased...

San Francisco Sees Deadliest Drug Overdose Month On Record

September 19, 2023 11:49 amSeptember 20, 2023 3:57 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Monday that 84 drug overdose deaths were recorded in August, tying the monthly record of January 2023 as the deadliest drug overdose month in city history. For over a decade, fentanyl,...

SF Public Health Dept. Announces 385 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Recorded This Year

August 17, 2023 12:18 pmAugust 17, 2023 12:19 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday that the city recorded 385 deaths from fentanyl so far this year and is currently on pace to break the previous record for fentanyl deaths set in 2020. For over...

Fentanyl and San Francisco: The Crisis Seen From The Ground

May 13, 2023 7:34 amMay 13, 2023 7:34 am

For years, fentanyl has caused tens of thousands of deaths across the country, with many larger cities in California seeing hundreds of deaths a year. In the last few years, San Francisco has been the poster-child of what happens when...

Governor Newsom Announces New Multi-Agency Operation Tackling Fentanyl Crisis In SF

April 28, 2023 12:34 pmApril 28, 2023 12:35 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced details of the new multi-agency operation to curtail fentanyl and improve public safety in San Francisco on Friday, coming nearly a week after first announcing that he would be directing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and...

Gov. Newsom Directs CHP, National Guard To Assist San Francisco With Handling Fentanyl Crisis

April 24, 2023 5:26 pmApril 24, 2023 5:47 pm

During the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom directed both the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California National Guard (CalGuard) to assist the City of San Francisco in helping them handle the fentanyl crisis. For over a decade, San Francisco has...