Marysville among many Washington cities with limited drug treatment resources

by Michelle Esteban, KOMO News Reporter

Thu, June 8th 2023, 1:51 AM UTC

FILE – A person smokes a narcotic in downtown Seattle. In a 5-4 vote Tuesday, Seattle City Council rejected a bill that would have made possessing and knowingly using illegal drugs in public a gross misdemeanor. The bill would have also given the city attorney the authority to prosecute drug possession and public use drug cases. (KOMO News)

A drug user attempting to smoke what appears to be fentanyl. In a 5-4 vote Tuesday, Seattle City Council rejected a bill that would have made possessing and knowingly using illegal drugs in public a gross misdemeanor. (KOMO)

A drug user uses a lighter to heat up a suspected narcotic on a spoon in Seattle. (KOMO News)

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FILE – A person smokes a narcotic in downtown Seattle. In a 5-4 vote Tuesday, Seattle City Council rejected a bill that would have made possessing and knowingly using illegal drugs in public a gross misdemeanor. The bill would have also given the city attorney the authority to prosecute drug possession and public use drug cases. (KOMO News)

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