With a recently passed House bill changing drug laws in Washington state, 28 mayors wrote a letter to state legislators in Olympia saying that they supported the Senate’s bill rather than the changes made in the House.
The mayors say that the current drug laws are not strong enough to protect their towns from public drug use and the House’s amendments would make these laws even weaker.
State Legislature battles over criminalizing drug possession
The House’s amendments to the bill, SB 5536, would make drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a gross misdemeanor. A gross misdemeanor carries a sentence of up to 364 days in jail and a $5,000
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