It actually happened and they walked the whole plan back which is just wild because I remember when nobody would even listen to us. I am mostly just relieved that we can finally focus our energy on treatment and long term recovery instead of experiments that were never going to …
July 1, 2017
Final supporters
We have closed this petition to make way for I-27. Please consider signing I-27 https://www.safekingcounty.org/. Thank you.
We, the residents of the City of Seattle and King Counties’ Cities and Unincorporated Areas, petition our elected officials to rethink drug consumption sites and eliminate waiting lists for drug treatment.
Drug consumption sites are an expensive experiment that divert resources away from:
- Prevention, our best investment in the future
- Detox and treatment for anyone who needs it, when they need it
- Naloxone reverses the effects of heroin and opioid overdose -- expand distribution of this life-saving drug
Corri Durant’s brother died a few weeks ago from heroin-related medical complications. Corri shares,
“For over 20 years my brother lived on the streets of Seattle. He went through detox and recovery programs, but unfortunately they were not designed for long-term support.”
“Our region needs long-term recovery and long-term counseling. We need accountability for how we help people who are caught up in substance use disorders. We don’t need drug consumption sites.”
- Corri Durant, King County
A woman from Bellevue shares her family's struggle:
“I am the mother of a recovering Heroin addict. We prefer to remain anonymous as my son says, ‘that is not who I am anymore’. I am SO proud of his recent accomplishments. However, it was a heart wrenching, family destroying, and arduous road. When we desperately needed a treatment facility, it was like winning the lottery-far more losers than winners.”
- Anonymous, Bellevue, Washington
This is a Speak Out Seattle! petition to Seattle and King County Elected Officials. Click here for background information.
Drug consumption sites are also known as safe injection sites.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 8, 2017
May 2, 2017
I just looked at the screen and saw the triple digits which honestly feels surreal because I was just sitting here staring at my computer last week wondering if anyone else felt the same way about these sites. It is wild to think about a hundred people actually taking the time to read this and sign on like wow thank you so much for paying attention to what is happening here.
Reached 100 supporters
April 30, 2017
93 Comments
We can't as city members condone the injection of a drug that will take the life of the person we are "safely injecting" The is no safely injection a drug you know will eventually kill the person. Treatment is the only option to save their life
To the extent that drug use is a medical pathology, it should be addressed by treatment, not facilitation, and by decriminalization, rather than by local governments engaging in what higher levels of government hold to be illegal activity.
Until there are enough detox/rehab beds available to those that want them on demand there should be no SIS. Extended resources for families, education to schools and children, and wrap around services should be priority.
Even recovered drug addicts say these sites are the worst thing we can do for addicts. It will also harm the community as addicts resort to a variety of crime to pay for their heroin. It will draw addicts from across the country, further harming Seattle. Please listen to taxpayers and stop this proposal.
IV drug consumption is very spread out throughout Seattle. SIS in one two or three areas will have a limited effect on overdoses etc unless the IV drug using population can be concentrated around these sites. So essentially these SIS sites will only be effective if the areas proximate to them are sacrificed.
There should be no place sanctioned to perform illegal activities of any kind.
Drug consumption sites are not a good idea, and I oppose them. Please don't put one in my neighborhood.
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It actually happened and they walked the whole plan back which is just wild because I remember when nobody would even listen to us. I am mostly just relieved that we can finally focus our energy on treatment and long term recovery instead of experiments that were never going to …
July 1, 2017
Final supporters
We have closed this petition to make way for I-27. Please consider signing I-27 https://www.safekingcounty.org/. Thank you.
We, the residents of the City of Seattle and King Counties’ Cities and Unincorporated Areas, petition our elected officials to rethink drug consumption sites and eliminate waiting lists for drug treatment.
Drug consumption sites are an expensive experiment that divert resources away from:
- Prevention, our best investment in the future
- Detox and treatment for anyone who needs it, when they need it
- Naloxone reverses the effects of heroin and opioid overdose -- expand distribution of this life-saving drug
Corri Durant’s brother died a few weeks ago from heroin-related medical complications. Corri shares,
“For over 20 years my brother lived on the streets of Seattle. He went through detox and recovery programs, but unfortunately they were not designed for long-term support.”
“Our region needs long-term recovery and long-term counseling. We need accountability for how we help people who are caught up in substance use disorders. We don’t need drug consumption sites.”
- Corri Durant, King County
A woman from Bellevue shares her family's struggle:
“I am the mother of a recovering Heroin addict. We prefer to remain anonymous as my son says, ‘that is not who I am anymore’. I am SO proud of his recent accomplishments. However, it was a heart wrenching, family destroying, and arduous road. When we desperately needed a treatment facility, it was like winning the lottery-far more losers than winners.”
- Anonymous, Bellevue, Washington
This is a Speak Out Seattle! petition to Seattle and King County Elected Officials. Click here for background information.
Drug consumption sites are also known as safe injection sites.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 8, 2017
May 2, 2017
I just looked at the screen and saw the triple digits which honestly feels surreal because I was just sitting here staring at my computer last week wondering if anyone else felt the same way about these sites. It is wild to think about a hundred people actually taking the time to read this and sign on like wow thank you so much for paying attention to what is happening here.
Reached 100 supporters
April 30, 2017
93 Comments
Prevention is the better option. I've witnessed what has happened in Astoria, OR and in Vancouver, BC w/r/t drug consumption as opposed to treatment and prevention. Do not make the same mistakes as these other cities.
We can't as city members condone the injection of a drug that will take the life of the person we are "safely injecting" The is no safely injection a drug you know will eventually kill the person. Treatment is the only option to save their life
To the extent that drug use is a medical pathology, it should be addressed by treatment, not facilitation, and by decriminalization, rather than by local governments engaging in what higher levels of government hold to be illegal activity.
Until there are enough detox/rehab beds available to those that want them on demand there should be no SIS. Extended resources for families, education to schools and children, and wrap around services should be priority.
Even recovered drug addicts say these sites are the worst thing we can do for addicts. It will also harm the community as addicts resort to a variety of crime to pay for their heroin. It will draw addicts from across the country, further harming Seattle. Please listen to taxpayers and stop this proposal.
IV drug consumption is very spread out throughout Seattle. SIS in one two or three areas will have a limited effect on overdoses etc unless the IV drug using population can be concentrated around these sites. So essentially these SIS sites will only be effective if the areas proximate to them are sacrificed.
There should be no place sanctioned to perform illegal activities of any kind.
Drug consumption sites are not a good idea, and I oppose them. Please don't put one in my neighborhood.
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Prevention is the better option. I've witnessed what has happened in Astoria, OR and in Vancouver, BC w/r/t drug consumption as opposed to treatment and prevention. Do not make the same mistakes as these other cities.