Fatal overdose outside Gavin Newsom’s office puts drug crisis on grim display
A man has died from a fatal drug overdose in front of the west steps of the California state capitol late Tuesday, authorities confirmed to the California Post. The incident puts on grim display the state’s drug crisis that has plagued major cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles now in front of the capitol building where the state’s policymakers craft laws.
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A man has died from a fatal drug overdose in front of the west steps of the California state capitol late Tuesday, authorities confirmed to the California Post. The incident puts on grim display the state’s drug crisis that has plagued major cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles now in front of the capitol building where the state’s policymakers craft laws. Video shared on social media show a number of California Highway Patrol officers standing around Sacramento Fire Department EMTs on the green grass in the state capitol park. The capitol building can be seen in the background.
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- A man has died from a fatal drug overdose in front of the west steps of the California state capitol late Tuesday, authorities confirmed to the California Post. The incident puts on grim display the state’s drug crisis that has plagued major cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles now in front of the capitol building where the state’s policymakers craft laws.
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