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Safe Drug-Consumption 'Wellness Hubs' Back on the Table In SF With New Proposed Legislation

San Francisco may try to follow the "New York Model" of turning a blind eye and providing some funding for "wellness" centers that allow consumption of illegal drugs under new legislation being put forward by Supervisor Hillary Ronen.

Progressive Supes Defy Mayor and Health Department Over Safe-Consumption 'Wellness Hubs,' Say They Will Open

Plans to create a dozen "wellness hubs" around the city to replace the Tenderloin Center and permit safer consumption of dangerous drugs like fentanyl are stalled due to legal concerns.

SF Supervisors Vote to Decriminalize Shrooms, Peyote, Other Plant-Based Psychedelics

San Francisco joins a movement that’s coming on hard in several other cities and states, decriminalizing “entheogenic plants” like magic mushrooms and ayahuasca, and encouraging research of these for therapeutic purposes.

Feds Issue Warning About 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Hitting the Streets

There's some candy-colored, "rainbow fentanyl" now circulating out there, and federal authorities issued a warning that the deadly drug may be being marketed more to kids.

Outer Sunset Meth Dealer Busted, Seven Pounds of Drugs Seized

Officers from the SFPD's Taraval Station raided the home of a suspected meth dealer this week, arresting two individuals and seizing seven pounds of assorted narcotics and pills.

SF Likely to Move Ahead With Safe-Consumption Sites Run By Non-Profits, Despite Newsom Veto

San Francisco would have neither the cover of the state nor federal governments, but city leaders are likely going to take Newsom's cue to go ahead with a model pioneered by New York City to have safe drug-consumption sites that are run by non-profits.

Breed’s Tenderloin Linkage Center Closed for One Day for Privacy Additions, and It’s Now Back Open

The Tenderloin Linkage Center took a one-day break to re-fence the area for privacy, but opened again Saturday, and now looks like it will stay in place for the rest of the year.

SFPD On Track to Seize Four Times More Fentanyl This Year Than Last, But It May Make Little Impact on Supply

A UCSF expert says that interrupting the supply chain for illegal fentanyl, most of which comes out of Mexico, is far more difficult than just busting dealers and seizing their inventory.

Another SF Lab Technician Arrested with Allegedly Lab-Stolen Meth

Here we go again, as a this time a Medical Examiner lab analyst has been arrested with narcotics allegedly ripped off from his own lab, and as many as 2,500 cases could be tainted.

A Meth Sobering Center Is Coming to SF in the Next Few Months

The San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force recommends a slew of actions, and Mayor Breed has immediately OK’d a city-run meth sobering center along the lines of the alcohol sobering center it already has.

Task Force Says San Francisco Needs Safe Injection Facilities

The final report from the Safe Injection Services Task Force recommends that San Francisco should set up multiple safe injection sites to help address a longstanding public health issue. The SF Examiner writes

Prescription Drug Pricing To Become More Transparent Thanks To New California Law

Californians are going to get a much better understanding of how prescriptions drugs are impacting healthcare premiums thanks to new legislation that was just signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. According to

Man On Many Drugs Goes On Naked Rampage In Santa Rosa

A man under the influence of multiple drugs, including meth and acid, went on a drug-fueled rampage through a Santa Rosa neighborhood Tuesday morning, then through a nearby medical center where he injured

Noted 'Castro Drug Den' Sold To New Owner

Prospective San Francisco home buyers are generally more attracted to phrases like “Wonderful Victorian home in amazing Dolores Heights location” than, say “Notorious Castro Drug Den” or “persistent neighborhood nuisance.” But both turns

68-Year-Old Oakland Man Suspected Of Dealing Drugs Out Of Senior Housing Facility

An elderly man who's been living in an Oakland senior citizens' housing complex in Oakland was arrested last month on suspicion of dealing cocaine, black tar heroin, and marijuana out of his apartment.

Jeff Sessions Begins His Campaign To Kill Legal Marijuana

As he sits testifying today before the Senate Intelligence Committee and as Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee fume because he sent a surrogate to testify before them today Attorney General Jeff Sessions

London Breed Helps To Launch Task Force On Creating Safe Injection Sites

Supervisor London Breed, who has lost family members to addiction, has come out as a strong advocate for establishing safe-injection sites in San Francisco a controversial topic for some who see such sites

Arts & Entertainment

Richmond Mayor Desperately Wants To Locate Important Landmark In LSD History

Richmond Mayor Tom Butt has been on a quest for many months now trying to figure out which of a group of houses in Point Richmond was home to Owsley “Bear” Stanley's LSD-making

BART Police Seek To Rid Civic Center Of Narcotics Users With Plainclothes Sweeps

BART police have arrested 27 suspected drug users at the transit agency's Civic Center Station this week, in a three-day sweep that ran over this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. According to BART, "Police

Video: Local News Station Catches On To LSD Microdosing Trend

Microdosing: It's all the rage in Silicon Valley these days, maybe because everyone wants to be the next Steve Jobs and Steve did acid in India back in the day so why not

Armed Robber Raids Richmond District Drug Store

An armed robber raided the pharmacy of an Outer Richmond drug store Monday morning, the second such crime to strike the area in recent weeks. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the

[Update] Homeless Man's Tent Burned After Confrontation With Alleged Car Burglar

Things took a turn for the fiery early this morning after a Mission District homeless man encountered two individuals doing drugs behind his tent. According to Mission Local, a brief exchange between the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Deli Board Uses Twitter Account To Post Photos Of Homeless, Drug Use

What's completely out of control? @mayoredlee pic.twitter.com/HN4SrG0F2R— Deli Board (@deliboard) October 2, 2016 Deli Board owner Adam Mesnick, who last year gave an interview to C.W. Nevius on the

Ninth Circuit Rules Medical Marijuana Card Holders Can't Buy Guns

Possessing a medical marijuana card may allow you to buy, posses, and consume marijuana in one of 25 states (plus DC!), but as CBS 5 reports, it also comes with some limitations: Namely,