A San Francisco advocacy group is calling on city leaders to take action to address the drug sales and overdose crisis on city streets.
More than 100 people came to a community meeting on Wednesday night to discuss possible solutions. says about two people die every day from a drug overdose in the city of San Francisco. The group says the city's response to the problem is disorganized and dysfunctional.
And they want law enforcement to do more to stop the open-air drug markets near civic center and other parts of the city. The group points to the recent closure of the Tenderloin Linkage Center as proof of the city's failures.
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