drug abuse

Despite a New Mayor, SF is Struggling with the Same Old Homeless Problems
John Sexton 9:20 PM | May 02, 2025
SF Mayor Ends Distribution of Free Supplies for Addicts: 'We've Lost Our Way'
John Sexton 7:00 PM | April 03, 2025
A Halfway Sensible Column on Drug Abuse and Progressive Permissiveness
John Sexton 6:30 PM | February 08, 2025
The Life of a Target Shoplifter
John Sexton 5:00 PM | November 26, 2024
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As Cannabis Use Climbs, So Do the Serious Problems Associated With It
John Sexton 3:20 PM | October 04, 2024
'It's Only Money' CA Episode #...I've Lost Count: Stay Clean, Get Paid
Beege Welborn 6:00 PM | July 30, 2024
Hunter Biden Trial Day Three: Ex-Wife and Ex-Girlfriend Testify
John Sexton 6:40 PM | June 05, 2024
Baltimore is the Overdose Capital of the US but Local Officials Didn't Know
John Sexton 8:40 PM | May 23, 2024
British Columbia Re-Criminalizes Public Use of Drugs
John Sexton 1:30 PM | May 09, 2024
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Oregon Police Made One of the Biggest Fentanyl Busts in State History Then Released the Ringleader
John Sexton 9:20 PM | December 12, 2023
Oregon Governor's Plan to Revive Portland: More Cops and Outlaw Public Drug Use
John Sexton 8:40 PM | December 11, 2023
SF Business Owner: '“I’m just done with San Francisco and the bulls— here'
John Sexton 6:40 PM | November 22, 2023
America's Addicts Abuse Fentanyl, Cocaine and Super-Meth (Often Without Knowing It)
John Sexton 9:20 PM | November 13, 2023
The Poster Boy For the Death of San Francisco
Jazz Shaw 8:31 AM | October 22, 2023
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Meanwhile, Jussie Smollett Is Back in Rehab
Jazz Shaw 5:31 PM | October 21, 2023
Is San Francisco moving right?
John Sexton 3:20 PM | September 27, 2023
Portland tourism not recovering thanks to street conditions
John Sexton 10:40 PM | September 18, 2023
What workers were facing outside the San Francisco federal building (and how it has changed)
John Sexton 4:00 PM | September 08, 2023
Portland passes ban on open drug use, but it may not be legal in Oregon
John Sexton 10:40 PM | September 06, 2023
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Been almost a month enforcing San Diego's homeless ban
Beege Welborn 5:21 PM | August 16, 2023
One addict says, 'Portland is a homeless drug addict’s slice of paradise'
John Sexton 8:40 PM | July 31, 2023
Can Portland be saved?
John Sexton 7:30 PM | July 29, 2023
San Francisco notices drugs are killing people
Beege Welborn 6:01 PM | July 27, 2023
The war on drugs has failed. I still oppose legalizing drugs
David Strom 6:31 PM | July 17, 2023
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SF Chronicle editorial board: Deporting Honduran drug dealers won't solve the city's drug crisis
John Sexton 4:00 PM | July 17, 2023
AP: San Fran's real problem is a lack of diversity
Jazz Shaw 4:01 PM | July 16, 2023
Homelessness up 10% in LA despite a flood of money for programs
John Sexton 10:00 PM | June 30, 2023
It can get awkward when EMS breaks up your little drag party
Beege Welborn 2:31 PM | June 22, 2023
Last month San Francisco started arresting drug users, 95% were from out of town
John Sexton 9:20 PM | June 20, 2023
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Waah: Local paper moans San Fran streets are getting mean for the "unhoused"
Beege Welborn 2:41 PM | June 16, 2023
SF Mayor announced a crack-down on open-air drug markets, but was shouted down and had a brick thrown at her
John Sexton 4:00 PM | May 24, 2023
Story on San Francisco shoplifting confirms there are no consequences
John Sexton 8:40 PM | May 12, 2023
New York Magazine: San Francisco's doom loop is real (Update)
John Sexton 6:40 PM | May 10, 2023
LA residents avoid metro trains where 22 overdose deaths have occurred since January
John Sexton 6:40 PM | March 14, 2023
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Illegal drug use reaches record "high"
Jazz Shaw 3:01 PM | January 17, 2023
Only in Portland: Man chews off another man's face believing he was a killer robot
John Sexton 10:00 PM | January 05, 2023
Homeless woman describes her lifestyle: 'three meals a day and don’t have to do sh*t'
John Sexton 4:04 PM | January 03, 2023
Federal judge blocks San Francisco from clearing homeless camps
John Sexton 5:30 PM | December 28, 2022
San Francisco's Tenderloin Center closes - did it do any good?
John Sexton 10:30 PM | December 06, 2022
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Will Oregon Democrats pay the price for drug decriminalization?
Jazz Shaw 9:01 AM | October 06, 2022
Gov. Newsom vetoes supervised drug injection sites in California
John Sexton 9:20 PM | August 22, 2022
New SF District Attorney vows to shut down open air drug markets
John Sexton 5:20 PM | July 13, 2022
When no one steps up to deal with violence and insanity
John Sexton 7:00 PM | May 28, 2022
Saving San Francisco pt. 6: "I'm Not That Guy"
John Sexton 9:00 PM | April 04, 2022
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How a boarding school teacher became the homeless addict known as the Man in the Woods
John Sexton 7:30 PM | March 24, 2022
What it's like being an ER doctor in San Francisco
John Sexton 1:20 PM | March 10, 2022
KPIX: Can San Francisco clean up the Tenderloin?
John Sexton 1:20 PM | March 07, 2022
Bay Area attempts to deal with homeless and drug addicts in novel ways
John Sexton 9:20 PM | February 09, 2022
LA County voters 'shaken and upset' about homelessness, some consider moving
John Sexton 1:03 PM | December 01, 2021
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NY Times Opinion: We can solve homelessness with affordable housing
John Sexton 9:00 PM | July 26, 2021