The city of San Francisco last year adopted a new effort in an attempt to get drug use under control. But it's unclear if it's working. Several drug users who have been arrested for using fentanyl out in the city streets have gone on record to say that their detainment hasn’t spurred them to kick their habit or seek treatment.
These examples represent the city’s ongoing struggles to get drug addicts into treatment. As the outlet noted, Mayor London Breed pushed for law enforcement to take a more 'aggressive' approach and arrest users and dealers around the city, hoping this would both get offenders off the street and get them to seek help. Because of this plan, police have arrested 1,300 suspected drug users and more than 1,000 suspected dealers in the last year.