Health One solution to Seattle’s fentanyl crisis We are in the depths of a drug crisis. Twelve thousand people and counting have died from overdoses this year in King County. There’s one solution the Seattle area hasn’t adopted, even though it has a track record of saving lives and other benefits: Safe consumption sites. Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim tells us about these sites and the locals trying to open them here. Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane Play AudioListen 16 mins
National What's The Evidence That Supervised Drug Injection Sites Save Lives? Proposals in several cities to offer drug users access to a safe space to consume drugs have caused a political stir, but what do we really know about the effectiveness of safe injection sites? NPR Staff
