San Francisco’s compassion crisis
Drug Abuse | The city’s laissez-faire drug policies leave addicts dying without hope
by Sophia Lee
Posted 10/21/20, 11:01 pm
Thomas Wolf was in a pickle. His doctor no longer prescribed him the narcotic pain reliever oxycodone for his foot injury, but his supply had run out. Wolf didn’t think he could live without his pills anymore. So he searched on YouTube: “Where can I buy drugs in San Francisco?” YouTube directed him to Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.