San Francisco Receives New Federal Help to Combat Fentanyl Crisis
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.
Pelosi sent a letter to the DOJ on April 27 urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to designate the city for Operation Overdrive status.
Led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the DOJ initiative Operation Overdrive is a data-driven, intelligence-led approach to identify and dismantle criminal drug networks operating in areas with the highest rates of violence and drug poisoning deaths across the country….