San Francisco Receives New Federal Help to Combat Fentanyl Crisis

A bag full of bags of fentanyl pills seized by DEA Los Angeles. Courtesy of DEA Los Angeles

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has included San Francisco in the upcoming phase of “Operation Overdrive” per a designation request by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, according to an announcement from Pelosi’s office on June 16.

This means new federal resources will be unlocked in the coming months to combat the city’s fentanyl trafficking epidemic.