Joel Umanzor

Drug overdose crisis: San Francisco officials push for more treatment options after deadly month

San Francisco health officials called for expanded treatment options after recording another deadly month for drug overdoses in July.

People using drugs in San Francisco’s Tenderloin and SoMa areas asserted they had used a powerful opioid called isotanitazene, or ISO.

Humanizing language from harm-reduction supporters may give some people an ulcer.

Proximity to Mexico, supply and limited enforcement all push prices down, experts say.

The grant will allow the San Francisco Department of Public Health to fund four new mobile drug testing units.