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The politics of addiction: Newsom sees forced treatment as a solution, but doctors have their doubts

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Politicians at the local, state and federal level are promoting a ‘tough love’ policy of pushing recalcitrant drug users into rehab. But will it actually work?

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SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

The city’s elder Black men are bearing the brunt of the deadly overdose crisis.

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Josh Koehn

Does Gov. Gavin Newsom have what it takes to be president?

Newsom’s time as governor and mayor of San Francisco offers a window into what he would be like as president. Not everyone is sure he has what it takes.

Bodies in streets, parks, buses: The everyday horror of stumbling on an overdose victim

Data obtained by The Standard show that more than 1,000 San Franciscans may have encountered overdose deaths on the city’s streets in the past four years.

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The politics of addiction: Newsom sees forced treatment as a solution, but doctors have their doubts

The Standard’s guide to shopping local this holiday season

SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

Does Gov. Gavin Newsom have what it takes to be president?

Bodies in streets, parks, buses: The everyday horror of stumbling on an overdose victim