On Oct. 31, the Washington State Department of Commerce announced a “Community Reinvestment Plan” identifying a set of actions to distribute $200 million to address “racial, economic, and social disparities” in Washington communities and to individuals “disproportionately harmed by the historical design and enforcement of state and federal criminal laws and penalties for drug possession” — what the department said is commonly referred to as the “war on drugs.”
The plan, which the department says was developed through community-centered discussion and review, describes 17 grant programs across four areas as directed by the Washington Legislature: economic development, civil and criminal legal assistance, community-based violence intervention and prevention services, and
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