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With overdoses spiking, San Francisco s leaders are trying to force the city into action FacebookTwitterEmail Above: Kayla Crenshaw of Epiphany Center, which provides drug treatment to women, shows donated baby clothes to Michele Nguyen and daughter Annabelle; both women graduated from the program and said the city’s system to get into treatment is challenging. Below: James Dixon, HealthRight 360’s director of residential services, leads a staff meeting at the treatment program.Mallory Moench / The Chronicle San Francisco has suffered from a shortage of drug treatment beds for years, but the pandemic has made the problem more acute. Just as overdose deaths skyrocketed in the city during the pandemic, fueled by the powerful drug fentanyl, COVID-19 constrained capacity in treatment programs. One temporarily halted new patient intakes to quell an outbreak. Under shelter-in-place, fewer people exited programs, lengthening wait times for some beds.

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