San Francisco is changing its approach to addressing drug addiction with a new policy emphasizing treatment. Why it matters: ...

The policy change is part of Lurie’s Breaking ... A harm reduction activist from the San Francisco Aids Foundation distributes needles for intravenous drug use. These activists had certainly met the ...

The move marks a shift away from the standing policy of providing ... clean foil and needles. San Francisco has long been criticized for its lax views on public drug use. "We can no longer accept ...

San Francisco is shifting how the city governs — and now describes ... became something of a flashpoint in our drug policy debate,” said Dorsey, who identifies as a former drug addict in recovery. “In ...

“harm reduction” was official policy in San Francisco. As a formerly homeless heroin and fentanyl addict in recovery, I saw firsthand how this policy, which tried to make illegal drug use “safer,” ...

Mayor Lurie signs SF's "Recovery First" ordinance to prioritize long-term remission strategies for drug abuse.

San Francisco Inches Closer to Adopting Drug Policy With Abstinence as Its Primary Goal SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reeling from drug overdose deaths and scenes of people smoking fentanyl on sidewalks ...

He arrived at the height of San Francisco’s so-called doom-loop, as homelessness, addiction and shoplifting rocketed in the ...

Some are skeptical the policy will work. SAN FRANCISCO - In San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a big change in drug policy. City-funded programs will no longer be able to distribute safe ...

San Francisco moved closer Thursday to adopting a “recovery first” drug policy that sets abstinence from illicit drugs as its primary goal, a proposal that has prompted heated debate in the ...

But times are changing. And so is San Francisco's policy when it comes to drug use. Gone are the days when city-sanctioned billboards recommended "Do it with friends." "I think what changed is ...