San Francisco Sees Record Drug Overdose Deaths In August: ‘Like A Zombie Apocalypse’
San Francisco’s drug crisis hit a grim milestone last month, beating the city’s previous record for the most fatal drug overdoses in one month.
The city saw 84 accidental drug overdose deaths in August, or about five deaths every two days, according to preliminary city data.
August surpassed January’s 83 drug deaths for the deadliest month since San Francisco started tracking monthly overdose deaths in early 2020.
Fentanyl was involved in 66 of last month’s drug deaths.
So far this year, a total of 563 people have died from a drug overdose in San Francisco, although the causes of over 100 of those deaths are still under examination.