Politics In Real Life: Dying From Overdose While Waiting For Treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWidZH0xBs Courtney Griffin was addicted to heroin and ready to get help. She packed up her things, and her mom drove her to a residential treatment facility about an...
View ArticleFor this Jungle resident, methadone is the 'shield that I need'
Kevin Boggs moved to Seattle to pursue his glass blowing dreams, but today he stands in line at a methadone clinic.
View ArticleHeroin overdose death rates rising faster in Snohomish than King, Pierce...
Heroin addiction has no boundaries. Deaths from overdoses have gone up across Washington state, but in Snohomish County, the rates have gone up more than in King or Pierce Counties.
View ArticleDoctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment
In a big hotel conference room near New York's Times Square, six doctors huddle around a greasy piece of raw pork. They watch as addiction medicine specialist Michael Frost delicately marks the meat,...
View ArticleLooking for a woman named Shelly and her six kittens
Deputy Bud McCurry sets up his laptop in the patrol car. He's heading into a wooded area in South Everett where homeless heroin users have been camping out. Two social workers are with him – Jesse...
View ArticleKing County to roll out new treatment program for heroin addiction
A task force to address King County’s heroin epidemic will release recommendations this week that could include a safe consumption site for people who use drugs. The group will make another...
View ArticleSeattle could be first U.S. city with safe injection site
Now that a task force to address King County’s heroin epidemic has unveiled its recommendations, the hard work begins. Some of the strategies in the report are already in motion, like making naloxone ,...
View ArticleWhat it means for Seattle to get safe injection sites
Kim Malcolm talks with Caleb Banta-Green, an opiate addiction expert and a member of the King County Heroin and Prescription Opiate Taskforce, about Seattle possibly becoming the first U.S. city to...
View ArticleDoctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction Often See Very Few Patients
Many people struggling with opioid addiction can't find a doctor to provide medication-assisted treatment, even though it's highly effective. One reason could be that doctors who are qualified to...
View ArticleThis week we're taking on some taxing issues
Are liberal lobbyists writing Seattle's laws? Should Washington put a carbon tax on fossil fuels? And what can Vancouver, B.C. teach Seattle about safe injection sites for drug users? We'll talk about...
View ArticleThe scariest thing about heroin? 'You're gonna love it'
When she was 10 years old, Alyssa found the spot where her parents hid the alcohol. The moment it touched her lips, she was addicted to that escape. (Her last name is being withheld to protect her...
View ArticleIf you're going to use heroin, don't be alone, Seattle police say
Seattle police officers are warning heroin users about dangerous purity levels after four people overdosed on Saturday. Three of the overdoses were fatal. The Seattle Police Department believes the...
View Article'Safe injection sites' get thumbs up from county health board
Supervised drug consumption sites have the approval of King County's Board of Health. On Thursday, the board unanimously endorsed the idea, after a task force on heroin recommended it last year.
View ArticleDebate: Should Seattle have safe consumption sites to battle the drug epidemic?
Bill Radke talks to state Senator Mark Miloscia and Kris Nyrop of the Public Defender Association. Senator Miloscia has introduced legislation that would effectively ban safe consumption sites in King...
View ArticleSeattle will be first in nation with site for legal heroin use
It's official: Seattle plans to be the first city in the United States to open a site for users to inject illegal drugs – without police intervention.
View ArticleSafe injection sites limited to King County cities that welcome them
Safe injection sites in King County will be located only cities that welcome them. That's the upshot of a vote by the King County Council this week.
View ArticleWithout Medical Support, DIY Detox Often Fails
By the time Elvis Rosado was 25, he was addicted to opioids and serving time in jail for selling drugs to support his habit. "I was like, 'I have to kick this, I have to break this,' " he says. For...
View ArticleWould you vote to ban safe injection sites in King County?
Bill Radke speaks with Republican state Representative Morgan Irwin and former police chief Norm Stamper about safe injection sites. An initiative may be on the ballot this fall to ban safe injection...
View ArticleBellevue set to ban safe injection sites
Bill Radke speaks with Bellevue Mayor John Stokes about why the city is set to ban safe injection sites from the city. King County has said that it will create to sites where drugs users can go and...
View ArticleFirst Responders Spending More On Overdose Reversal Drug
In Prince George's County, Md., every first responder carries naloxone, the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. "We carry it in our first-in bags," says Bryan Spies, the county's battalion chief...
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