{"id":443525,"date":"2022-05-08T00:58:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/second-hand-fentanyl-fumes-threaten-seattle-bus-drivers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T00:58:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:58:33","slug":"second-hand-fentanyl-fumes-threaten-seattle-bus-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-hand-fentanyl-fumes-threaten-seattle-bus-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Second-hand fentanyl fumes threaten Seattle bus drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a94fd1f965\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a94fd1f965\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-hand-fentanyl-fumes-threaten-seattle-bus-drivers\/#%E2%80%9CSecond-hand_fentanyl_fumes_threaten_Seattle_bus_drivers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Second-hand fentanyl fumes threaten Seattle bus drivers&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSecond-hand_fentanyl_fumes_threaten_Seattle_bus_drivers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Second-hand fentanyl fumes threaten Seattle bus drivers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Emerald City is going up in smoke, again. <\/p>\n<p>Two years after Seattle officials let the city burn during BLM protests, bus drivers say they\u2019re facing a frightful new danger: second-hand fentanyl fumes spread by addicts brazenly smoking the deadly synthetic drug on public transportation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe signs are, they put their head down, and start watching for the flame,\u201d Kings County Metro bus driver Erik Christensen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kiro7.com\/news\/local\/metro-bus-driver-local-mayor-describe-increasing-concern-riders-fentanyl-fumes\/VPJL4GJG75HHFICZHGSS3VMO3E\/?outputType&amp;fr=operanews&amp;utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark\">told KIRO 7 News<\/a>. \u201cAfter they inhale or ingest, they can comfortably pass out. And no one\u2019s going to stop them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seattle, like New York City, rarely arrests or prosecutes people in possession of small amounts of hard drugs, even if they\u2019re using them in public. Smoking instead of injecting fentanyl meanwhile is gaining in popularity. <\/p>\n<p>The result is bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for public transportation, drivers say. <\/p>\n<p>Several bus drivers in Seattle told the outlet that they\u2019ve been consumed by second-hand fentanyl, experiencing dizziness, headaches and other forms of impairment Some grew so ill they were removed from their buses and taken to hospitals, the report states. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-police-man-smoking-fentanyl.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Police officers check on a man who said he has been smoking fentanyl in downtown Seattle on March 14, 2022 in Seattle, Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-22182786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-police-man-smoking-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-police-man-smoking-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-police-man-smoking-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bus driver Erik Christensen claims fentanyl users are free to smoke anywhere while police remain absent.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Moore\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Second-hand fentanyl smoke is \u201cextremely dangerous,\u201d said Shoreline Paramedic Captain Gabe DeBay, \u201cIt\u2019s the smoke from the pill that has not been inhaled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christensen said his efforts to raise awareness for the problem has fallen on deaf ears with Metro management. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not asking for much,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m asking to be involved with something that\u2019s affecting my health, my mental well-being and the health and well-being of my passengers. And I\u2019m being told no.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-bus-fentanyl.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A public bus picks up commuters near a boarded up building in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-22182782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-bus-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-bus-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-bus-fentanyl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Shoreline Paramedic Captain Gabe DeBay blasted Metro management for ignoring the fentanyl smoking issue.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chona Kasinger\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is personal now. 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Two years after Seattle officials let the city burn during BLM protests, bus drivers say they\u2019re facing a frightful new danger: second-hand fentanyl fumes spread by addicts brazenly smoking the deadly synthetic drug on public transportation. \u201cThe signs are,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":443526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/seattle-man-smoking-fentanyl-bus.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[128897,71059,4998,6864,77219,74496,70428,89341],"class_list":["post-443525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-7-22","tag-addiction","tag-crime","tag-drugs","tag-fentanyl","tag-public-transportation","tag-seattle","tag-smoking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}