SAN FRANCISCO – Health officials in San Francisco noted a grim milestone in the city's opioid crisis, as the city experienced more overdose deaths last year than ever before. ; According to the city's Department of Public Health, there were 806 overdose deaths in 2023, up from 647 deaths in 2022. The deaths were mostly due to fentanyl. ; The previous record was in 2020, when 726 people died from overdoses. ; As San Francisco sees a record number of deadly overdoses, workers on the front lines are trying to reverse this troubling trend.
Several San Francisco fentanyl users told The San Francisco Chronicle that the city's aggressive drug enforcement hasn't encouraged them to seek substance abuse treatment.
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743 people have died from drug overdoses in San Francisco from January 2021 through February 2022, according to records released from the city.