Snohomish County Council weighs drug contamination testing in low-barrier housing

The proposal came after one privately owned facility was shut down last year due to fentanyl and meth in the air.

EVERETT, Wash. — A proposal in Snohomish County would mandate environmental testing for toxic drugs at county-owned housing for homeless people.

It came after dozens of people were forced back out on the street when a low-barrier facility in Everett shut down after being contaminated with meth and fentanyl last year. Low-barrier housing means people do not have to be sober to live there.

More than 60 people living and working at Everett’s Clare’s Place supportive housing complex were forced to evacuate because

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