“It is just as simple as adding in those extra words to include fentanyl too,” said Casey McNerthney, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson.
SEATTLE — There is a push to protect kids from fentanyl in King County. Right now, in cases where children are accidentally exposed to fentanyl and survive, prosecutors can not file a felony charge because fentanyl is not covered under the state’s endangerment with a controlled substance law.
“It is just as simple as adding in those extra words to include fentanyl, too,” said Casey McNerthney, the spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. “I understand the hesitancy that lawmakers
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