In Washington State fentanyl-involved drug overdose deaths are increasing, and data from the WA State Department of Health indicate that by late 2021 they surpassed psychostimulants with abuse potential (mostly methamphetamine) in contributing to drug poisoning deaths.

Mar 20, 2024 · On Tuesday, March 19 in Tulalip, Wash., Inslee signed a slate of bills to wrangle the fentanyl crisis and save lives. He also signed a set of bills to support Tribal health, education,...

Fentanyl has increased in prominence, from less than 9% of crime lab submissions in 2020 to 58% in 2023. Heroin was found in 5% of cases in 2023.

Mar 13, 2024 · In 2023, there were 1,082 fatal overdoses from fentanyl, according to the Washington State Department of Health. That figure is a 51% increase over 2022, which set a new record. Some minority party Republicans say multiple pieces of legislation they offered did not get hearings this session.

Oct 3, 2024 · State and federal authorities discuss arrests in western Washington following a 2-year investigation of a fentanyl drug ring.

Oct 3, 2024 · SEATTLE – Law enforcement fanned out across the country and in western Washington yesterday arresting 17 people on indictments and criminal complaints for a multi- state drug trafficking conspiracy. The two-year investigation alleges that the trafficking ring has been linked to a fatal fentanyl overdose on the Lummi Nation reservation in ...

In 2023, Washington state and Oregon experienced the largest percent increases in overdose fatalities in the U.S. Among eight peer counties examined, King County saw the largest percent increase in overdose deaths, and 82% of overdose deaths last year in …

3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — En un inusual gesto bipartidista, dos senadores han presentado una propuesta para frenar el flujo de fentanilo y sus precursores hacia Estados Unidos desde China, México y a través de otras fronteras, una de las razones que el presidente Donald Trump ha dado para sus nuevos arancel

In this new article from the Seattle Times, ADAI’s Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, director of the UW Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER), says that the drug supply in Washington State is increasingly “messy,” with over 237 unique substances (some drugs, some not) found in 816 samples tested in ...

Opioid overdose deaths rose from 2013 through 2019, and then accelerated sharply. The increase in opioid overdose deaths was originally driven by heroin deaths, and more recently, fentanyl deaths. Deaths involving commonly prescribed opioids declined between 2009 and 2019 before increasing slightly.