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Washington state to decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Washing-
ton Gov. Jay Inslee is call-
ing lawmakers back to
work after they rejected a
bill setting out a new state-
wide drug policy — a de-
velopment that has put
the state on the brink of
decriminalizing possession
of fentanyl and other drugs
while also depriving it of
much-needed investments
in public health. Lawmak-
ers adjourned their regular
session late last month af-
ter voting down a bill that
would keep drug posses-
sion illegal and boost ser-
vices for people struggling
with addiction. Many lib-
eral Democrats objected
to criminalizing drugs, while
conservative Democrats
and Republicans insisted
they must be to provide
incentive for people to en-
ter treatment. Inslee has
called that unacceptable,
and on Tuesday he set a
special legislative session
beginning May 16 to give A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash., Nov. 8, 2017.
them another chance.
Associated Press
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