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Synthetic opioids, most notably fentanyl and drugs laced with it have seen increasing usage in the American city of San Francisco, California since 2019.[1] In 2023, 810 people died from accidental drug overdoses, a majority containing fentanyl, in San Francisco,[2] with overdoses per 100,000 people being more than double the national average.[3] From January to July 2024, 412 people died from unintentional drug overdoses.[4][5]
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- ^ "Drug overdose and treatment data and reports". San Francisco. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Preliminary unintentional drug overdose deaths | San Francisco". www.sf.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-01.