About the Forum

The City held a Community Forum on Teen Drug Use on November 7, 2019. This event included resource tables featuring community partners and an hour-long panel of presenters discussing teen drug use in Sammamish. Please see below for more information 

Presentation

View the presentation video below. The slide deck may be found here. 

Panelists:

• Christie Malchow, Mayor of City of Sammamish
• Jerry Blackburn, Executive Director of Influence the Choice
• Eric Gagnon, Detective for the King County Sheriff’s Office
• Michelle Bennett, Sammamish Police Chief
• Greg Rudolf, Swedish Pain Services
• Kristie Neklason, Director of School-Based Behavioral Health at Youth Eastside Services
• Sara Young, Counselor at Friends of Youth
• Tom Ehlers, Chair of Sammamish Human Services Commission

Resource Tables

Included below are the organizations that hosted a resource table at the event.