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Legislature OKs plan to overhaul state's approach to drugs

by Gene JohnsonRachel LA Corte
| April 25, 2021 12:09 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Legislature on Saturday approved an overhaul of the state's approach to drug possession, after the Washington Supreme Court struck down its previous law as unconstitutional — a ruling that left no prohibition on having small amounts of drugs, even for kids.

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