Inslee signs 7 laws that aim to fight opioid crisis in Washington

Among the new laws is one to provide mandatory fentanyl awareness in classrooms across the state as well as another to make Narcan more widely available in schools.

TULALIP, Wash. — As hundreds gathered on the Tulalip reservation to celebrate the passage of new laws to fight the opioid crisis, it was a bittersweet day for Maria Petty.

Tuesday was a day she had been both looking forward to and dreading.

“I’m very excited and happy to see this signed into law but at the end of the day it’s a reminder that we’re all here because my son isn’t,” Petty said.

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