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9 March 2026

Drug treatment, not incarceration, better serves the common good

"The Washington State Supreme Court recently struck down the state’s main drug possession law, effectively decriminalizing simple possession of controlled substances.

The court ruled last month that the law is unconstitutional because it lacks an intent clause, which criminalizes even “unknowing possession” of a drug."

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