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SF officials said the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center arrested more than 3,000 people and seized more than 200 kilograms of drugs in the Tenderloin and South of Market during its first year of operation.
Fatal drug overdoses fell in San Francisco for the second time in three months, according to preliminary data. The decline follows the launch of a pilot program connecting unhoused people with treatment one month after The City’s public health department launched.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health and Supervisor Matt Dorsey have introduced legislation requiring local pharmacies to carry buprenorphine in an effort to increase access to the opioid treatment medication.
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San Francisco recorded fewer fatal drug overdoses in March than in February, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But 2024’s pace is not far off 2023, which set records for deaths.