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May was worst month on record for fentanyl deaths in San Francisco despite crackdown

A new controversial billboard that warns against fentanyl is posted on the side of a building near Union Square on April 4, 2022, in San Francisco. The group Mothers Against Drug Deaths launched the first in a series of billboard advertisements intended to warn tourists against visiting the city of San Francisco due to a rampant fentanyl use and deadly...

Despite a state crackdown to seize fentanyl and arrest its traffickers and dealers in San Francisco, May was the city’s deadliest month for fentanyl overdoses on record, according to city and county data.

The California Highway Patrol has seized more than eight pounds of fentanyl in the city’s Tenderloin district and surrounding

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