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Public-health experts: fentanyl is driving a sharp rise in overdose deaths in San Francisco
Summary
Dr. Alex Coffin told the commission that opioid and stimulant overdose deaths are rising sharply and that "this is all driven by fentanyl," with fentanyl often present alongside stimulants and producing demographic shifts toward younger white and Latinx decedents in some groups.
A data presentation to the Health Commission warned that a surge in overdose mortality in San Francisco is being driven by illicit fentanyl and by fentanyl combined with stimulants.
Dr. Alex Coffin, presenting closed-case mortality data and trend analyses, said fentanyl has become the dominant factor in recent increases: "This is all driven by fentanyl," he said. He described patterns in the data including fentanyl found alone and fentanyl mixed with cocaine or methamphetamine, and a worrying shift toward more deaths among…
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