In Washington state, 42% of respondents said they had used the dangerous opioid in the previous 3 months.
Methamphetamine use has risen among Washingtonians who use needle-exchange programs, according to a survey of injection drug patrons.
Heroin overdoses claimed the lives of 132 people in King County in 2015, and treatment admissions involving that drug surpassed those of alcohol for the first time, according to an annual report published today by the University of Washington’s
Drug-caused deaths and heroin use among young adults increased in 2013, according to the annual King County Drug Trends report.
