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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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Erin |date=2023-12-06 |title=San Francisco faces deadliest year for drug overdoses due to rise of fentanyl |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/san-francisco-fentanyl-meth-drug-overdoses |access-date=2024-04-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2023, 810 people died from overdosingaccidental ondrug overdoses, a majority containing Fentanyl, in San Francisco,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Tracking San Francisco’s drug overdose epidemic |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/san-francisco-drug-overdose-deaths/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> with overdoses per 100,000 people being more than double the national average.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=German |date=2024-01-31 |title=Can San Francisco Solve Its Drug Crisis? Five Things to Consider. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/upshot/san-francisco-drug-crisis.html |access-date=2024-04-15 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In February 2024, 64 people died from unintentional drug overdoses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drug overdose and treatment data and reports |url=https://www.sf.gov/resource/2023/drug-overdose-and-treatment-data-and-reports |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=San Francisco}}</ref>
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