We examined overdosing and injection-related risk behavior in young injection drug users (IDUs). We interviewed all consenting injectors under age 30 at needle exchanges and youth outreach sites in San Francisco. Their median age was 22, and their median number of years of injecting was 4. ...
and young injecting drug users in San Francisco UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIASAN FRANCISCO Ruth Malone DavidsonPeter JThis dissertation traces an 'alternative topography' of San Francisco, in which the roles of past and current judicial status, locations of key resources, economic strategies, the locations...
SAN FRANCISCO -- It is a problem across the Bay Area, but the fentanyl crisis is hitting San Francisco especially hard, withthe city reporting August was one of its deadliest months for overdoses. According toSan Francisco's drug overdose and treatment dashboard, 84 p...
This study examined associations between mortality and demographic and risk characteristics among young injection drug users in San Francisco, California, and compared the mortality rate with that of the population. A total of 644 young (<30 years) injection drug users completed a baseline interview ...
Since 1993, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has distributed 400,000 free syringes every month aimed at reducing HIV and other health risks for drug users, as well as providing disposal sites and services.[272][273][274] San Francisco also has had a very active environmental co...
Soft tissue infections (STIs), including abscesses and cellulitis, are a common complication of injection drug use. In 1997, 54 (32%) of 169 injection drug users (IDUs) in one San Francisco neighborhood had a drug-injection–related abscess or cellulitis.1To characterize STIs among IDUs, da...
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, found deaths among people "experiencing homelessness" rose to 311 in the year-long span from March 17, 2020 to March 17, 2021, the report said. A surge in deaths caused by drug overdoses in particular accounted for nearly all of...
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco has been getting tougher with open-air drug use and, in July, enforcement will intensify. Although police initially focused on dealers, users are now finding themselves in custody. Critics have blasted the use of law enforcement, saying it's the wrong approach to...
The bill, if approved by the state Senate and California Governor Gavin Newsom, would allow San Francisco to open the country's first state-sanctioned supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users, although such facilities could remain illegal under federal law. ...
A San Francisco advocacy group is calling on city leaders to take action to address the drug sales and overdose crisis on city streets.