Earlier this past week, California began the deployment of CHP officers to San Francisco in an effort to help clamp down on drug trafficking. The hope is that with more boots on the ground -- and additional assistance from California National Guard members as well -- San Francisco will begin to get a handle on the open air drug markets that have overrun portions of the city. 

But the move is also drawing fierce push back from those who say a law enforcement crackdown is no way to address what is fundamentally a public health crisis. So on this edition of KCBS In Depth, we’ll hear from both sides as San Francisco and the entire state search for answers in the face of this spiraling epidemic of drug addiction.

Guests:

Sophia Bollag, California politics reporter, San Francisco Chronicle 

Brooke Jenkins, district attorney, San Francisco

Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, professor of addiction medicine, UC San Francisco

Host: Keith Menconi