'Write letters': Lynnwood council urges outcry against opioid center

LYNNWOOD — The Lynnwood City Council is unanimously against the location of a new opioid treatment center, though the council and public outcry may not be able to stop it from opening next door to two gathering places for children.

Still, on Monday night, City Council President George Hurst urged distressed parents and residents to send emails and write letters to the state Department of Health immediately, in a last-ditch effort to postpone the open date of Jan. 23.

Acadia Healthcare is set to dispense methadone, a treatment for opioid withdrawal, to 300 patients. They anticipate 200 of those patients to commute daily from the Bothell area to the new location at 2322 196th St. SW in Lynnwood.

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Until late December, no one on the Lynnwood City Council said they knew that the opioid center was set to open in January. Acadia has been working with Lynnwood’s city planning department since March 2022.

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