{"id":2019992,"date":"2023-09-02T01:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T01:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:22:11","slug":"san-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a Dozen Suspected Overdose Deaths in One Day Recorded in San Francisco."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Videos Show Disturbing Scenes of Addiction and \u2064Overdose Deaths \u2064in San Francisco<\/h2>\n<p>Videos from San Francisco posted \u2064on social media Aug.\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day\/\" title=\"Over a Dozen Suspected Overdose Deaths in One Day Recorded in San Francisco.\">30 show morgue vans loading bodies amid\u2062 scenes<\/a> of widespread addiction, with people folded up and contorted in \u200bunnatural positions in what many describe as dystopian settings on the streets of\u2062 downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Posts on\u2063 X, formerly\u2064 known as Twitter, repeatedly shared by locals indicated that as many as 18 overdose deaths took place in\u200d San Francisco throughout\u200c the day, but a spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/83-year-old-convicted-murderer-out-on-parole-charged-with-killing-dismembering-womans-body-and-leaving-it-on-busy-street\/\" title=\"83-Year-Old Convicted Murderer Out On Parole Charged With Killing, Dismembering Woman\u2019s Body And Leaving It On Busy Street\">chief medical examiner\u2019<\/a>s office told The Epoch \u200bTimes by email Aug. 31\u200c that 13\u2063 deaths occurred and are currently under investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Investigation Underway<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Office of the Chief\u2064 Medical Examiner initiated examinations on 13 cases received\u2062 within the past \u200dtwenty-four hours,\u201d the spokesperson wrote. \u201cThe case and manner of death for these decedents remain \u200cunder review.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-convenes-outdoor-meeting-to-address-drug-crisis-5290150\">San Francisco Board of\u2062 Supervisors\u2063 Convenes Outdoor Meeting to Address Drug Crisis<\/a> (5\/24\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/san-francisco-opens-the-door-to-supervised-drug-consumption-sites-5098475\">San Francisco \u2018Opens the Door\u2019 \u200dto Supervised Drug Consumption Sites<\/a> (3\/3\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No toxicology results are yet available, and the examiner\u2019s office had no further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 2,500 people have died from overdose in San Francisco since 2020, according to medical examiner\u200c statistics (<a href=\"https:\/\/sf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-08\/2023%2008_OCME%20Overdose%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) including the first seven months of\u200c 2023.<\/p>\n<p>More than 81 percent of such cases revealed fentanyl during toxicology testing.<\/p>\n<p>While deaths dipped slightly last year, numbers are now on\u200b the rise and on \u2063pace to set a record, \u2064as more than 500 have occurred in the city so far, with 71 accidental overdose deaths in July alone, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-even-admits-theres-still-no-evidence-capitol-officer-sicknick-was-killed-by-blunt-force-to-the-head-on-january-6th\/\" title=\"CNN Even Admits There\u2019s Still No Evidence Capitol Officer Sicknick Was Killed by Blunt Force to the Head on January 6th\">medical examiner\u2019<\/a>s data.<\/p>\n<p>Overdose locations are spread throughout the city and concentrated in certain areas, based \u2064on medical examiner \u200crecords.<\/p>\n<p>Known for high crime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-san-francisco-da-prosecuted-just-3-drug-cases-in-2021-0-involving-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Radical San Francisco DA Prosecuted Just 3 Drug Cases in 2021, 0 Involving Fentanyl\">open-air drug markets<\/a>, the Tenderloin accounts for approximately 18 percent\u200d of deaths,\u2062 with\u2063 the SOMA area, which\u200b is short for South\u2064 of Market located blocks from Union Square, \u2063and Polk\/Russian Hill\u2014known for curvy, picturesque\u2063 Lombard Street\u2014each accounting for 20\u2062 percent.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Homeless people gather near drug dealers in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco on Feb. 22, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fentanyl is responsible for the majority of deaths this year, according to\u200b testing results released by\u2063 the medical examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Odorless, tasteless, and highly toxic, the insidious nature by which fentanyl poisonings occur in unsuspecting victims is leading to rising numbers of overdose deaths, according \u200dto experts.<\/p>\n<p>New synthetic analogs\u2014drugs \u2063that are similar chemically but not identical to fentanyl\u2014 and other \u2064tranquilizers including\u2064 Xylazine and Isotonitazine further complicate matters, as\u2062 they are resistant \u2064to opioid reversal medications like naloxone, better known as Narcan. Xylazine is responsible for\u2062 at least 16 deaths in San Francisco in 2023, according to the report, and isotonitazine\u2064 is reportedly 20 times stronger than fentanyl, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Victim advocates and family members of those lost to addiction wrote thousands of names in chalk on the sidewalk outside City Hall that night, as the deaths occurred one \u2063day before San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston held a gathering to bring attention\u200d to International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverdoses are at crisis levels,\u201d Mr. Preston wrote on X the same day. \u201cToday &#038; every day, I\u2019ll continue to work to ensure \u2062our city is using every evidence-based tool at our disposal\u2014including\u200b overdose prevention, treatment \u200con demand, recovery resources\u2014to reduce overdoses [and] save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors have faced\u200c scrutiny on social media, as concerned residents\u2062 express disappointment in the public safety issues plaguing the \u2064city, and many \u200dquestioned \u2064Mr. Preston\u2019s post with \u2062comments about perceived policy \u2062failures.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A drug user displays fentanyl in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the drug awareness \u2063gathering, one advocate for harm reduction\u2014which focuses on education and overdose prevention as opposed to prosecution\u2014was pictured \u2062at \u2062the event waving a sign declaring \u201cDowntown is for drug users,\u201d and another wore \u200ca\u200c \u201cpolice are terrorists\u201d shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Responsible for nearly 6,000 deaths a year in California, as\u200b of the latest statistics from the Department of Public Health covering \u20642021, fentanyl is drawing attention from lawmakers on\u2062 both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>Bipartisan bills seeking to increase p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos from San Francisco on social media show morgue vans loading bodies amidst scenes of addiction. People are contorted in unnatural positions, creating a dystopian atmosphere in downtown. 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