Drug Encampment Proliferates Unchecked in Seattle’s Chinatown
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Buying Fentanyl is “Cheaper than Kool-Aid”
The latest drug encampment in Seattle is exploding out of control in Chinatown-ID.
The entire area above the former Viet Wah grocery store on Jackson St. has repopulated with more than 20 tents.
When I visited Monday afternoon, addicts were doing fentanyl and passed out. Everyone rejected offers for treatment.
One guy said buying fetty was “cheaper than Kool-Aid.”
The Sweeps Have Stopped
I reported on this disaster last August. The city came in and cleared it. But with Mayor Bruce Harrell leaving office at the end of the year, it appears sweeps have slowed down to a halt in some instances.
Housing First Has Failed
Once again, this is not an affordable housing crisis. This is all being fueled by drugs, mental illness, and broken relationships.
Even the homeless industrial complex knows Housing First policies are cooked. Yet this city keeps pushing failed strategies at the expense of taxpayer dollars.
My colleague Michele Steeb with a breakdown.
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