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Decriminalizing Drugs in Seattle

Seattle City Council effectively decriminalizes possession and public use of drugs, making it the only municipality in Washington where it is legal to use hard drugs in public.

Seattle City Council has effectively decriminalized the possession and public use of drugs.
Washington Supreme Court overturned the state's felony drug possession statute in 2021.
Seattle City Attorney can only prosecute misdemeanors listed in the city's municipal code.
The City Council voted against a bill to list known possession and public drug use as a gross misdemeanor.
Seattle now becomes the only municipality in Washington where it is legal to use hard drugs in public.

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