City That Pays You To Do Drugs
In spite of record-high drug overdose deaths in 2023–80 percent of them from fentanyl–rampant homelessness, deadly drug addiction and unpunished crime, the once-proud city of San Francisco is slowly dying.
Independent journalist Tyler Oliveira reports directly from the drug zone, where he discovered that the city is basically paying the homeless and downtrodden to use drugs. Says one unfortunate addict, “If we’re going to be realistic here, they pay you to be homeless. I get $620 a month.” Many others admit doing drugs daily, some saying they’ve actually faced death several times, before being revived.
Oliveira hooks up with citizen journalist J.J. Smith, whose lived in the heart of San Francisco’s drug crisis his entire life, for a deep dive into the chaos and to discuss possible solutions.
