Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober [npr.org]
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch, NPR , May 26, 2019 Two key ingredients came together for Shannon McCarty to get off drugs in late 2017: connections and timing. "The police showed up because they said they got a call that we were shooting up in the car," Shannon said. Everett police officer, Inci Yarkut walked up to window of the car where Shannon was living. "I explained who I was and what my role in the police department was," Yarkut said, and she gave Shannon a business card. "[I] said, 'Hey, if...