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San Francisco Facing Deadliest Year Ever for Overdoses

December 11, 2023 Michigan Star Staff

The far-left city of San Francisco is set to have its deadliest year on record in terms of drug overdoses, further emphasizing the coastal city’s struggles with rising crime, homelessness, and drug abuse.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the California city recorded 692 accidental overdose deaths from January to October of 2023, as reported by the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner last month. By the end of the year, that total is expected to top 800, surpassing the previous record of 720 deaths in 2020.

Reports: Largest Increase of Year-over-Year Opioid Overdoses Ever Recorded in 2020

January 11, 2021January 10, 2021 The Center Square

In a year marred by death from an ongoing pandemic, 2020 also saw record overdose deaths.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 2020 saw a record year-over-year number of opioid overdose deaths.

Experts: Revamped OxyContin Hasn’t Curbed Abuse, Overdoses

September 13, 2020September 12, 2020 The Associated Press

A panel of government health advisers said Friday there’s no clear evidence that a harder-to-crush version of the painkiller OxyContin designed to discourage abuse actually resulted in fewer overdoses or deaths.

The conclusion from the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel comes more than a decade after Purdue Pharma revamped its blockbuster opioid, which has long been blamed for sparking a surge in painkiller abuse beginning in the 1990s.

Opioid Overdoses Rise in State During Coronavirus Pandemic

July 30, 2020July 29, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting significant increases in opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MDHHS reported emergency medical services (EMS) in the state responded to a 33 percent increase in opioid overdoses from April to May of this year. The department adds that opioid overdoses increased by 26 percent from the prior year during the period between April and June.