Fentanyl is devastating San Francisco, and many of the city’s dead have been found within blocks of each other in the Tenderloin and South of Market. The Chronicle followed people locked in its grip as they try to survive the sprawling opioid epidemic on their own.
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S.F. sees record overdose deaths, even as police seize millions of lethal fentanyl doses. What is happening?
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Kelly Stanphill of Roseville (Placer County) is worried about her son, who is addicted to fentanyl.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her son when he was a child.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her and her son.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Kelly Stanphill just wants something to change for her son, who is somewhere in San Francisco, drug-addled, gaunt and helplessly addicted to fentanyl.