Drug overdoses killed twice as many people in San Francisco last year than COVID, with 2021 on track to be worse

Published May 23, 2021 12:00am ET



San Francisco, California, is in the midst of a drug overdose epidemic that killed more residents last year than the coronavirus and is on pace to be even worse in 2021.

More than 700 San Franciscans died from drug overdoses last year, compared to 300 deaths as a result of coronavirus infections, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.

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