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Supervisors press mayor as city confronts surge in opioid overdoses
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Supervisor Matt Haney pressed Mayor London Breed for immediate steps after medical-examiner data showed San Francisco on track for a record number of overdose deaths in 2020; Breed said the city is expanding Narcan distribution, seeking enforcement tools against dealers and pursuing safe-injection site plans.
San Francisco officials warned Oct. 20 that the city is on track for a record number of drug overdose deaths in 2020, and supervisors pressed Mayor London Breed for immediate steps to stem the rise.
“DPH’s report shows that we are on track for potentially over 700 overdose deaths in 2020,” Supervisor Matt Haney said, citing a recent medical-examiner update he said would amount to roughly two overdose deaths per day and “nearly double last year’s totals.”
Breed said the city has expanded distribution of naloxone (Narcan), increased testing and outreach, and is pushing “safe injection site” proposals while urging more federal support. “We are the first urban county in California to have hit the state’s yellow…
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