A federal judge upheld San Francisco's claim that Walgreens is partially responsible for the California city's opioid crisis.
Last week, San Francisco's new district attorney announced that she wouldPeople sleep near discarded clothing and used needles on a street in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, on July 25, 2019.
The new policy prevents serious offenders from being referred to San Francisco's community justice court . The CJC is a"progressive reform" program that addresses"the primary issues facing the individual and not just their crime," according to the Superior Court of San Francisco. Under DA Brooke Jenkins' new policy, dealers arrested with an excess of five grams of drugs can no longer be referred to CJC. "The previous administration’s policy had no weight limit threshold, was not adhering to CJC guidelines, and allowed drug dealers, arrested with as much as 500 grams of fentanyl, and who hadThe Associated Press contributed to this report.
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