Rantz: Public Health promotes ‘fentanyl parties,’ Undersheriff claims they’re happening

King County Undersheriff Jesse Anderson says he’s hearing about so-called “fentanyl parties” where addicts purposefully overdose, with a friend ready to administer Narcan. While Anderson’s claim is purely anecdotal, it makes complete sense. Seattle-King County Public Health provides step-by-step instructions on how to have the party.

“I’m hearing that they actually have parties out there where people put themselves into a situation where they do overdose, so their friends can bring them back to life administering Narcan. That’s a heck of a gamble,” Anderson told reporter Sam Campbell at sister station KIRO Newsradio.

The news may shock those unfamiliar with Seattle and King County’s permissive drug policy. The city

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