![]() The Legislature could have changed the law to maintain felony charges for possession, but there was wide agreement among legislators in both parties that the state should refocus more on treatment than jail – even if there was disagreement about how to achieve that. The bill, which would overhaul the state’s drug possession laws and behavioral health system, was a response to the state Supreme Court’s decision in February that ruled the state’s possession law unconstitutional. Possession of smaller amounts of drugs would no longer be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in Washington under the bill passed Saturday. OLYMPIA – Possessing illegal drugs would more likely send offenders to treatment than to jail under legislation approved this weekend.
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