Snohomish County approves law protecting children from drug exposure
EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes it a misdemeanor to expose a child to all dangerous drugs, other than marijuana.
The ordinance attempts to address gaps in state law, County Council member Sam Low said in an interview Friday, which outlines criminal charges for people who knowingly or intentionally allow a child, or an adult in their care, to ingest methamphetamine.
But the state law only applies to methamphetamine and does not address other illicit drugs.
“The state hasn’t really addressed fentanyl, so we had to address that,” Low said. “It’s really to hopefully get the state to address this issue more seriously.”
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