Opioids: The life and death of a young man, and a plan to fix Ricky's Law in the Legislature.

Capitol Ideas: The Washington State House Democratic Caucus Podcast

Mar 22 2019 | 00:20:37

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Show Notes

This special edition of Capitol Ideas focuses on the opioid epidemic and features two interviews: One with Debra Maher, whose son, Sean, died of a heroin overdose last year despite his eligibility to be involuntary committed to treatment under the terms of Ricky's Law, and the second with Rep. Lauren Davis, who helped create Ricky's Law before her election to the Legislature in 2018, and who is now sponsoring legislation to address the situation that allowed Sean to fall through the cracks, despite the fact that his was precisely the kind of case that Ricky's Law was designed to deal with.

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