Washington lawmakers approved a major new drug policy, saying it strikes a balance between public order and compassion for those struggling with substance abuse
Washington Drug Law Special Session
Unless the compromise becomes law, drug possession — even of fentanyl and other dangerous opiates — will become decriminalized under state law. The only other state that has tried decriminalizing drug possession is neighboring Oregon, where theGov. Jay Inslee called lawmakers back to the Washington Statehouse for the special session after they failed to pass a new drug law last month.
Another Republican, Sen. John Braun, of Centralia, lost a nephew two years ago and said in recent weeks he has often thought of him and what the state could do differently to help others. “We’ve got so much work to do beyond this bill to actually achieve anything that’s in it,” Trudeau said. “We’re not going to achieve it with one bill. … And we are not going to achieve it by simply criminalizing those that are deep in their addiction, deep in poverty, and deep in pain and trauma.”
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