Fourteen people are charged with running two drug rings in Seattle, with eleven arrests made, as officials dismantled ...

This “shadow epidemic” has been one of Seattle’s worst public health debacles. More Seattleites died of drug overdoses in a single year in 2023 (763) than have died of COVID-19 in the city ...

The drug epidemic just keeps maddeningly expanding ... It acknowledged there’s a connection between substance abuse and Seattle’s homelessness crisis (which seems like progress).

“The epidemic of drug use is killing Seattle residents and depriving the public of spaces intended to be safe for everyone," Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison said in a statement. "We will not ...

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The city of Seattle passed a drug ordinance in September ... and public safety approach to the fentanyl and synthetic drug ...

The fentanyl epidemic and addiction ... residents to get the help they need. The Seattle City Council voted in 2023 to recriminalize drug possession and public drug use. When the drug possession ...

One of them, fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, has spurred the deadliest drug epidemic in American ... which includes Seattle. According to the CDC, other states that reported ...

The City of Seattle has announced a new drug prosecution alternative aimed ... to recovery for those battling addiction. The fentanyl epidemic and addiction in general are inextricably linked ...

More on Seattle drug ordinance: City Council passes legislation ... to support diversion programs — but that the fentanyl epidemic has provided new challenges that require new tactics.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the drug is known to cut the risk of death ... Department's next evolution in saving lives in an opioid epidemic. On average, firefighters have been responding ...