More than 450 overdose deaths recorded in San Francisco through August alone - Mission Local
By | | , , , , , , |At 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be lethal if one miscalculates its potency.San Francisco is now on pace to suffer 675+ overdose deaths in 2020. And, again, this is only the preliminary data.by on Scribdfound that 68 percent of fatal heroin overdoses were among people who were using alone. The pandemic has only exacerbated this trend, as more and more people are isolated.Fentanyl, however, is more unpredictable and powerful than heroin. And, adds Kristen Marshall, the manager of the DOPE project, which coordinates the city’s...…By | | , , , , , , |At 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be lethal if one miscalculates its potency.San Francisco is now on pace to suffer 675+ overdose deaths in 2020. And, again, this is only the preliminary data.by on Scribdfound that 68 percent of fatal heroin overdoses were among people who were using alone. The pandemic has only exacerbated this trend, as more and more people are isolated.Fentanyl, however, is more unpredictable and powerful than heroin. And, adds Kristen Marshall, the manager of the DOPE project, which coordinates the city’s...WW…