Drug policy Archives

Drug policy

Lurie won’t commit to an alternative approach to the opioid crisis

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2025

Mayor doubles down on law enforcement, rejects Fielder's call for a 'Four Pillars' approach that has worked in other cities

Drug policy

How is SF going to approach drug dealing? There are very different proposals

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2025

Plus: A report on police misconduct, and a documentary on the vulture capital firm that is destroying local news. That's The Agenda for March 9-16

Puff

Puff: Cannabis pioneer shot in SoMa known as ‘one of the good guys in the world’

Dan Karkoska - January 29, 2025

Vapor Room's Martin Olive is in stable condition after baffling attack. Plus: Celebrating weed legend Wayne Justmann's 80th.

The Agenda

Lurie takes office—and the supes elect a new board president. Here are the contenders

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2025

Plus: Dorsey's bizarre drug agenda, Engardio's recall message—and Newsom on the state's 'original sin.' That's The Agenda for Jan 5-12

Drug policy

Breed’s opioid strategy has failed. But there’s a much better option, a new report says

Tim Redmond - November 21, 2024

Study shows arrests aren't helping—a model from Zurich offers a clear and effective alternative.

Lit

In ‘Death Trip,’ exorcising Holocaust family trauma through psychedelics

Marke B. - June 3, 2024

Punk writer Seth Lorinczi found a surprising way through midlife crisis and tragic ancestral legacy: MDMA therapy

Crime

The new War on Drugs isn’t working any better than the old one did ….

Tim Redmond - October 30, 2023

But Breed and Jenkins are pushing to make it worse. We have seen this before and it ended very badly.

Drug policy

Letter to the editor: Feinstein, the drug warrior

Dale Gieringer - October 9, 2023

She opposed legalizing even medical cannabis, supported War on Drugs prison sentences, and even fought against federal marijuana research.

Drug policy

Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people

Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

The latest: Drug testing for welfare recipients, which will never work and probably never happen. Do we live in San Francisco or Texas?

Drug policy

Breed continues to push arrests as solution to substance-abuse issues

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2023

Evidence shows this policy never works as right-wingers continue to push their attacks on local judges

Drug policy

Lurie won’t commit to an alternative approach to the opioid crisis

How is SF going to approach drug dealing? There are very different proposals

Puff: Cannabis pioneer shot in SoMa known as ‘one of the good guys in the world’

Lurie takes office—and the supes elect a new board president. Here are the contenders

Breed’s opioid strategy has failed. But there’s a much better option, a new report says

In ‘Death Trip,’ exorcising Holocaust family trauma through psychedelics

The new War on Drugs isn’t working any better than the old one did ….

Letter to the editor: Feinstein, the drug warrior

Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people

Breed continues to push arrests as solution to substance-abuse issues

Be a 48 Hills Hero!

News

Politics

Arts

Culture

Drug policy

Top tags

Be a 48 Hills Hero!

News

Politics

Arts

Culture