In tonight’s State Of The Union Address, President Trump is expected to address the opioid crisis, and lawmakers from both sides agree we must do more combat this epidemic. The opioid crisis hit new proportions in The Golden Gate City, with San Francisco reporting more injection drug users than public high school students. Phil Matier from The San Francisco Chronicle reports: San Francisco has more drug addicts than it has students enrolled in its public high schools, the city Health Department’s latest estimates conclude. There are about 24,500 injection drug users in San Francisco — that’s about 8,500 more people than the nearly 16,000 students enrolled in San Francisco Unified School District’s 15 high schools and illustrates the scope of the problem on the city’s streets. It’s also an increase of about 2,000 serious drug users since 2012, the last time a study was done. “There is an opioid epidemic in this country, and San Francisco is no exception,” Deputy Director of Health Dr. Naveena Bobba said … Last year there were 193 drug overdose deaths, of which 112 were from opioids. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), who represents California’s 27th District, recently joined Bold TV to discuss H.R. 6, a bill to combat the opioid crisis…
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