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Seattle needs safe consumption sites for drug users, stat. VOCAL-WA

Ten days ago, Seattle police administered naloxone with a nasal spray and revived a 21-year-old woman overdosing at the Westlake Mall bathroom. Today, they stopped another overdose in a doorway at Broadway and Pike on Capitol Hill. Add that location, along with various alleyways and alcoves, to your mental list of the city's already-existing unsafe drug consumption sites.

According to the SPD Blotter:

For the second time in as many weeks, Seattle police officers have used a life-saving medication to stop a potentially fatal overdose.

Around 2:30 PM Wednesday, East Precinct bike officers Chris Myers and Drew Fowler were patrol near Broadway and East Pike Street when they spotted a 33-year-old man sprawled on the ground in a doorway.

As officers Meyers and Fowler approached the man, they noticed he was foaming at the mouth and convulsing. The man’s eyes were wide open, but he was unresponsive to officers and did not appear to be breathing.

Officer Myers administered naloxone with a nasal spay—a tool bike officers just began carrying last month. SPD said the man rolled over, regained consciousness, declined further medical attention, and walked away.

Thank god we are not Maine, where the Republican governor recently vetoed a bill to make naloxone more accessible. Last year, State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw (Capitol Hill and the U-District) proposed putting naloxone in the hands of first responders. Walkinshaw, who is now running for Congress, accurately predicted that it would save lives. The bill was passed nearly unanimously and signed by Governor Jay Inslee. Safe consumption sites would relieve some of the burden on police to save these people by allowing addicts to consume drugs in clean, regulated, sanctioned locations.