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Seattle Shoppers Navigate Drug Epidemic on Sidewalks

Jonathan Choe
December 16, 2023
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Downtown Seattle is a wreck. As holiday shoppers pick up gifts, they have to dodge fentanyl and meth addicts totally passed out on the streets. Dudes are in the alleys zonked out of their minds. Years of failed public policies like “harm reduction” are contributing to this mess. Why are we giving out free drug supplies to addicts instead of intervening and getting them off the streets? Will it get any better in 2024?

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.