In the past months, San Francisco has reported declining numbers of fatal overdoses linked to fentanyl, largely due to public health measures and increased access to Narcan.
Experts have noted a paradoxical effect where the introduction of xylazine leads to less severe overdoses, as users face painful skin infections that limit their usage.
The decrease in overdose deaths in San Francisco suggests that both the city and the country may be approaching an inflection point in dealing with the drug epidemic.
With improved access to treatment options like methadone and buprenorphine, there is hope for further reductions in fatal overdoses among fentanyl users.
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