The Progressive Prosecutor Pt. 6: The Drug Overdose Crisis

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 12:57 a.m.

Nearly 700 people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020. That’s more than the number of people who died from COVID-19 in San Francisco in the same year. Some people blame San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for not being tough enough on the people selling drugs. In this installment of The Progressive Prosecutor , we look at the role of prosecutors in the opioid epidemic.