Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has unveiled his public health priorities for the 2025 budget. He proposes tripling the amount of money the city is spending on opioid treatment: from $5.33 million to $14.57 million.
About half of the new money — $5.65 million — is a federal grant to build a new overdose recovery center in Pioneer Square.
Another big bucket of money would go to Recovery Place Seattle, to help more people while they go through withdrawal, and then help transition them into treatment…