Sarah Holtz

My pharmacy and hospital didn’t have fentanyl test strips. I found them at the neighborhood bar

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On New Year’s Eve, as I prepared to head to a house party where I figured some might use recreational drugs—and thus put themselves at risk of accidentally overdosing on fentanyl—I went out in search of test strips and naloxone. 

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Jonah Owen Lamb

Drug case with enough fentanyl ‘to kill 2 million’ dismissed over troubled San Francisco cop

Officer Christina Hayes allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a confidential source that led to a major case’s dismissal.

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Michael Barba

Fentanyl dealers face more jail time, harsher penalties in SF under new DA’s plan

Brooke Jenkins announced new policies for prosecuting drug dealers as well as her decision to reverse misdemeanor plea offers made under her predecessor, Chesa Boudin.

Murder charges for fentanyl dealers? That’s what SF prosecutors under DA Jenkins are threatening in court

The policy is already playing out as part of a broader effort by SF’s appointed DA to hold serious drug dealers accountable.

Liz Lindqwister

Marin County tests wastewater for deadly drugs. Why doesn’t San Francisco?

The California county started testing for fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs this week.

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My pharmacy and hospital didn’t have fentanyl test strips. I found them at the neighborhood bar

Drug case with enough fentanyl ‘to kill 2 million’ dismissed over troubled San Francisco cop

Fentanyl dealers face more jail time, harsher penalties in SF under new DA’s plan

Murder charges for fentanyl dealers? That’s what SF prosecutors under DA Jenkins are threatening in court

Marin County tests wastewater for deadly drugs. Why doesn’t San Francisco?