Fifty-eight more people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco last month, bringing the annual total to at least 621. That compares to a total of 441 deaths in 2019.
Recent numbers put San Francisco on the verge of losing nearly two people in a single day by the end of the year, and the city has seen 1,178 deaths in Covid-1 from so far this year.
The drug crisis has been exacerbated by fentanyl, a powerful opioid that can be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
The Centers for Disease Control reports a day after drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending May 2020, the largest number of drug overdoses ever recorded and epidemics. Bad countrywide.
The epidemic has also disrupted city services and forced many people, who often rely on others, to help save them if they consume too much.
More than% of the deaths occurred in Tenderloin and South Market, the same neighborhood where drug-related arrests also occur. About 82% of the dead were men.
Many were used in low-income apartment building and in hotel rooms funded by the city for the homeless, according to city data obtained by The Chronicle. Many others died in plain sight, on sidewalks, in alleys and in gardens around the city.
But, people who develop from overdose die, a surprising amount of people have also been saved by narcissistic, saved pioid-reversal drug.
Between January and early November, Narkan has been used 2,975 times to save someone from the brink of death, according to the Dope Project, a city-funded program that manages San Francisco’s overdose response.
Since that number is self-reported, the Drug Overdose Prevention and Education Project says they are probably a significantly lower amount.
Trisha Thadani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ Trishathani
