Health Archives - Page 20 of 104

Drug policy

SF mayor and DA call for a return to the failed War on Drugs

Tim Redmond - October 5, 2022

In a stunning press conference, top officials demand more arrests, more jail time, and more cops to address the overdose crisis. That has never worked.

Nightlife

The radical drag queen at the heart of nightlife harm reduction

Marke B. - September 22, 2022

Punk rock party princess Kochina Rude on her mission to educate about safer drug use—and why it's deeply personal

Elections

District 6 debate: Not a lot of dramatic difference

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2022

The challengers didn't take on the incumbent or even mention the mayor.

News + Politics

The Laguna Honda crisis never should have happened

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2022

If Gavin Newsom had shown some leadership, the terror that patients face could have been avoided.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Tween screams—and other late-summer hits and misses

Dennis Harvey - August 10, 2022

A crucial abortion-at-the-border doc, 'Summering' recalls a gender-switched 'Stand By Me,' plus more new releases.

News + Politics

Letter from Lisbon: Healthcare, housing, and ham sandwiches

Tim Redmond - July 26, 2022

Portugal's relatively high tax rate helps keeps homelessness and housing prices relatively low. And the beer is good

News + Politics

The big debates: Changing the mayoral election date, a homeless oversight commission …

Tim Redmond - July 17, 2022

The Board of Supes has two more meetings to finalize the fall ballot, and while some measures are clearly going to be approved, at...

News + Politics

Monkeypox meltdown: Hundreds scramble for vaccine as supplies run out

Marke B. - July 15, 2022

I got my first dose of the vaccine—across the bay, after eight hours, in a frustrating situation. And I'm one of the few lucky ones.

News + Politics

I was there when Roe died. My heart is shattered.

JJ Lansing - June 27, 2022

Some celebrated. I thought of the women I know who have been assaulted and just lost a basic human right.

News + Politics

Berkeley professor from Angola talks about the threat to abortion rights—globally

Lou Fancher - May 22, 2022

Dr. Ndola Prata: 'When laws get highly punitive, the poor are affected'

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SF mayor and DA call for a return to the failed War on Drugs

The radical drag queen at the heart of nightlife harm reduction

District 6 debate: Not a lot of dramatic difference

The Laguna Honda crisis never should have happened

Screen Grabs: Tween screams—and other late-summer hits and misses

Letter from Lisbon: Healthcare, housing, and ham sandwiches

The big debates: Changing the mayoral election date, a homeless oversight commission …

Monkeypox meltdown: Hundreds scramble for vaccine as supplies run out

I was there when Roe died. My heart is shattered.

Berkeley professor from Angola talks about the threat to abortion rights—globally

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