addiction

Money that will flow to Native American tribes as part of an opioid drug settlement with a major manufacturer and three distributors won't come quickly. But tribal leaders say it will play a part in healing their communities from an epidemic that has disproportionately killed Native Americans.

For the past 19 years, journalist Erica C. Barnett has been covering local politics in the Seattle area. For much of that time, she was struggling with…

Medicines that help people stop using opioids are heavily regulated, and people seeking them usually have to navigate in-person doctor visits, daily stops…

Hundreds of young people in Washington who seek help for mental health problems or substance abuse end up homeless or near homeless after leaving…

Steve Rhoades will soon be on his way to Alaska. On June 14, he will leave his home on Bainbridge Island with nothing but survival supplies, a twenty-foot…

Deaths from drug and alcohol use are growing in King County. New numbers from Public Health Seattle & King County show that 379 people died in 2017, up…

Pierce County leaders took a first step Monday toward banning safe-injection sites in unincorporated parts of the county. A committee of the County…

Paramedics in Tacoma are giving out plastic bags full of lifesaving nasal spray to people who survive overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids.…

The nation's opioid addiction epidemic is a challenge for small, rural communities, where the fatal impacts can overwhelm local resources and treatment…

Those trying to tackle the opioid crisis say solving it will take more than money and government help. It will take a change in attitude. Lauren Davis,…