Posters Promoting Illegal Drug Use Pop Up in Downtown San Francisco
5th January 2024
A group representing drug users in San Francisco has posted signs promoting drug use and criticizing law enforcement across the Tenderloin neighborhood, the center of the city’s open-air drug scene.
Created by an entity called the Drug User Liberation Collective, the signs, measuring approximately 8 inches by 11 inches, aim to counter a recent initiative under Mayor London Breed to arrest people who use drugs in public, according to Nova Schultz, the creator of the campaign.
The signs blame Breed’s recent drug-enforcement measures for last year’s record-breaking number of overdose deaths. They argue the negative stigma of drug use is responsible for problems in the Tenderloin—rather than drug use itself.