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On October 9th, 2020 the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released "Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths - January to August 2020". The report included demographic data on fatal overdoses. (Luke N. Rhodda, PhD, Chief Forensic Toxicologist & Director, Forensic Labratory Division, Medical Examin..-2020-09-OCME-Overdose-Report )
On October 9th, 2020 the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released "Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths - January to August 2020". The report included demographic data on fatal overdoses. (Luke N. Rhodda, PhD, Chief Forensic Toxicologist & Director, Forensic Labratory Division, Medical Examin..-2020-09-OCME-Overdose-Report )
In San Francisco, Black People account for
In San Francisco, Black People account for
26% of the overdose deaths
26% of the overdose deaths
This charts shows black people are the only group experiencing this disparity in overdose deaths.
Non-white people receive overdose response trainings & Narcan significantly less compared to white people in San Francisco According to an article published in the International Journal of Drug Policy (Kim, K., Oh, H., Miller, D., Veloso, D., Lin, J., & McFarland, W. (2021). Prevalence and disparities in opioid overdose response training among people who inject drugs, San Francisco: Naloxone training among injectors in San Francisco. The International journal on drug policy, 90, 102778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102778 )
Do you want to volunteer with the Urban Survivors Union of San Francisco to organize and execute Narcan distribution through outreach events that center BIPOC San Francisco residents?
Please fill out the volunteer application and we will contact you.
"it's time for people who use drugs & their allies to organize a collective response to the overdose disparities in San Francisco that centers those most impacted"
Urban Survivors Union submitted an application for Nasal Narcan through the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Naloxone Distribution Project (NDP).. We are looking for volunteers & members interested in organizing & executing Narcan Outreach Events.
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