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Entertainment Commission launches nightlife overdose-prevention campaign, shows training video
Summary
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission on July 18 unveiled a fentanyl-focused overdose-prevention campaign for nightlife venues, showing a training video and outlining planned Narcan, test-strip distribution and industry trainings in partnership with the Department of Public Health.
Dylan Rice, senior analyst for the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, told commissioners on July 18 that fentanyl is driving most accidental fatal overdoses in the city and presented a campaign to train nightlife workers and increase access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips.
Rice said the city medical examiner’s June report shows that from January through May 2023, 79 percent of accidental fatal overdoses involved fentanyl. "Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that's 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine," he said, explaining why the commission is prioritizing industry outreach.
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