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Mayor, supervisors outline expanded overdose-response plan and methamphetamine task force
Summary
At a Sept. 10 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, Mayor London Breed and public health officials described steps to reduce overdose deaths, including expanded street medicine, a methamphetamine task force report and renewed advocacy for safe injection sites.
San Francisco leaders described a multi-pronged effort on Sept. 10 to reduce opioid and methamphetamine overdoses and expand services for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder.
Mayor London Breed told the Board of Supervisors the city has identified about 4,000 people who are homeless and suffering from both mental illness and substance use disorder and promised a multi-year initiative to "enhance individual care coordination, streamline housing and healthcare for the most vulnerable, and expand hours at the city's behavioral health access center." "These 3 elements of the initiative are just the beginning," Breed said.
The mayor and Department of Public Health officials described immediate steps already…
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