There is a way out of the horrible addiction epidemic we are experiencing in Seattle. Elect candidates to the City Council who understand the problem and have the right solution. Rachael Savage is business owner and has been free from addiction for 35 years. Have a listen.
Rachael Savage Seattle City Council Position 8 candidate announces filing a ballot initiative to end camping all public spaces in the City of Seattle. It’s time five years after the pandemic we still have tents and people sleeping on the ground in many of our neighborhoods. The people sleeping outside are suffering from addiction and mental illness and need to be directed to take the detox and inpatient treatment offered by the taxpayers. I will take this successful initiative onto the Council with me and together we will get it dane!
Housing First is a Federal HUD housing guideline that prioritizes taking people who are the most likely to be homeless into buildings in neighborhoods with no requirement to be sober or participate in mental health treatment. Rachael Savage explains how it is working in our city in a plain speaking short talk.
Rachael Savage, business owner and addict in recovery, explains four of the myths about addiction and treatment that are keeping the city from solving the fentanyl and meth epidemic in our streets.
In this series of short videos, Rachael Savage explains what she has learned as a business owner dealing with the fentanyl epidemic in Seattle over the last 6 years. Many people don't have the basic facts about the drug about, about how the drug is affecting individuals and neighborhoods. Watch these videos to hear plain talk and real unfiltered information.
We have all seen the severely mentally ill people suffering on our sidewalks, in our public spaces and businesses. Why aren't they being taken away and helped at a hospital? Why isn't the Seattle Police Department able to help them?
