San Francisco is experiencing a rise in drug overdoses, spreading from the Tenderloin neighborhood to nearby areas. The Mission District is considering installing barriers to close four blocks permanently. A 54-year-old cop died from fentanyl and meth poisoning while on duty. The city is on track to set a record for fatal drug overdoses this year. A joint task force will treat opioid-related deaths as homicides. Drug dealers could face murder charges for overdose deaths. Concerns are raised about charging drug dealers with homicide and its potential impact on the overdose crisis.
🔗 https://t.co/c41VvWYY8U Gov. Newsom and Mayor Breed announced that CA and SF law enforcement officials will investigate drug overdose deaths as homicides starting in 2024. But many experts are concerned and say that it could worsen the city’s drug overdose crisis.
I spent days on this piece about one of #sf’s worst drug corners. I hope it at least shed a light on what is going on there. https://t.co/95oGxMC34N
3-month-old Phoenix Castro's body was found in an "apartment littered with opioids" in May, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. An autopsy report showed the infant died of a fentanyl overdose. https://t.co/yUTMdG1lqw
SF Wants to Charge Drug Dealers With Homicide—But Could It Lead to More Overdose Deaths? https://t.co/NYwfhMrRfm
A new task force announced by Governor Newsom's office Friday will respond to deadly San Francisco overdoses like homicide cases and is expected to roll out early next year. https://t.co/tHRjs8pRZ9
LIVE VIDEO: State and city leaders announce a new joint task force with new policies in the fight against fentanyl in San Francisco. https://t.co/tA6GuEwRcG https://t.co/lHZ6yKzZZz
S.F. drug dealers could face murder charges as Newsom, Breed create new OD task force https://t.co/tDwUjKGAzB via @sfchronicle
San Francisco is on track to set a record for fatal drug overdoses this year, and the intersection of Seventh and Market Streets at U.N. Plaza has become an epicenter of the drug crisis—and a physical representation of the political battles playing out at City Hall. (1/12) https://t.co/YV6DiPuj9x
🔶 SF Drug Dealers Could Face Murder Charges for ODs ➡️ Murder charges can be filed if an investigation identifies the dealer who sold the drugs that led to an overdose death, SF DA @BrookeJenkinsSF said. Tap the image to read more. ⬇️ https://t.co/OWU0R8QpOU
"Downtown is for drug users" didn't happen in a vacuum. These are the people helping to drive drug policy in San Francisco. No more radicals! https://t.co/uUAtpJ8plB
drug peddlers and merchants of death - Drug User Liberation Collective. Not only they buy, sell illegal drugs and keep addicts addicted but they also littler with these illegal postings on O’Farrell and Larkin #SanFrancisco #California https://t.co/FmGyuU7MhQ
"I feel really sad and hate having to see how many people are suffering and have to turn to drugs to face the horror of their lives.” I've got news for you. It's the drugs and addiction that cause the horror. We really need recovery in San Francisco. https://t.co/ja854LFt5y
Thank you, @BrookeJenkinsSF, and credit to @CAgovernor for standing up against Fentanyl dealers who kill with their product. Also, credit to @PlacerCountyDA who set the precedent. We've changed the narrative in San Francisco. https://t.co/E2GQz9k9iV
NEW: Gov. Gavin Newsom and city leaders are upping the ante in the fight against fentanyl in San Francisco, with the formation of a new joint task force that will treat opioid-related deaths like homicides. https://t.co/ZwvgQ5gwAR https://t.co/p6CfNroC1g
Drug dealers and traffickers have caused the death of far too many individuals in our community and this new tool will give us a better chance to hold them accountable for the true dangerousness of their conduct. https://t.co/JQNKp8byCQ
A showdown over street vending is heating up in San Francisco's Mission District, with vendors saying upcoming restrictions will put their livelihoods in jeopardy at one of the busiest times of the year. https://t.co/xWRyf6FWgP
With San Francisco saturated by hundreds of pounds of fentanyl, a growing homeless crisis, and only a recent response to open air drug dealing, OD's spreading to other parts of the city was bound to happen. @sfstandard https://t.co/OCLqHvmNyU
Cop, 54, collapses in precinct and DIES from fentanyl and meth poisoning while on the job https://t.co/2103PfeFCC https://t.co/lMYKXOrgfw
🔶 San Francisco Drug Overdoses Creep From Tenderloin Into Nearby Neighborhoods ➡️ San Francisco overdoses are rising in neighborhoods that were mostly unscathed previously. Tap the image below to read more. ⬇️ https://t.co/rsip7m8H9f
Washington cop, 54, collapses in precinct and DIES from fentanyl and meth poisoning while on the job near Portland https://t.co/c4JA9uJQxj https://t.co/Mp6PVM2z6Q
Cop, 54, collapses in precinct and DIES from fentanyl and meth poisoning while on the job https://t.co/viXPa0Mb33 https://t.co/yIhv5B3PIe
There are two replacements to the barriers in the Mission District being considered that may be permanently installed to close four blocks of the neighborhood if approved by the SFMTA commission. https://t.co/76yziZookj
🔶 San Francisco Drug Overdoses Creep From Tenderloin Into Nearby Neighborhoods ➡️ San Francisco overdoses are rising in neighborhoods that were mostly unscathed previously. Tap the image below to read more. ⬇️ https://t.co/pfJPsdgPx3