Mike Stobbe

More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds

News

U.S. officials decided to study the issue after seeing reports from California suggesting that smoking fentanyl was becoming more common.

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

Is ‘drug tourism’ driving homelessness — or is it an easy scapegoat?

Unhoused people from out of town are often blamed for San Francisco’s ills. But is this group really driving the crisis?

Politics Reporter

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

SF is done being soft on drug users

A strategy developed during the AIDS crisis has fallen out of favor in the fentanyl epidemic. Its advocates say people will die. 

Gabe Greschler

Stay sober, earn cash: New bill gives welfare recipients extra $400 for avoiding drugs 

Politics

Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s bill would complement Proposition F, which ties welfare payments to drug screening and treatment.

Political Reporter

Mike Ege

Drugs, housing emerge as top District 6 issues — but so far, candidates sound remarkably similar

Frontrunners Matt Dorsey and Honey Mahogany differed more in style than substance at a debate between candidates for the District 6 supervisorial seat. 

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More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds

Is ‘drug tourism’ driving homelessness — or is it an easy scapegoat?

SF is done being soft on drug users

Stay sober, earn cash: New bill gives welfare recipients extra $400 for avoiding drugs

Drugs, housing emerge as top District 6 issues — but so far, candidates sound remarkably similar