SPOKANE, Wash. — Community leaders from across Spokane gathered downtown today for the city's first "No Wrong Door" summit to address the opioid crisis as the county tracks toward one overdose death per day in 2025.

The six-hour summit brought together local representatives, medical professionals and people with personal connections to opioid addiction to identify solutions for helping people struggling with substance use find recovery and preventing others from turning to drug abuse.

"This summit was to bring in the leaders who have the power to make immediate change," said Kitara Johnson, founder of Gabriel's Challenge and the driving force behind the summit.

Johnson organized the event after losing her son Gabriel to a fentanyl overdose earlier this year. She invited dozens of commun

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