Washington lawmakers pass, Inslee signs Blake fix

Gov. Jay Inslee at the Grant County International Airport earlier in 2023.
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A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett in 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

by By ED KOMENDA and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press
| May 16, 2023 6:20 PM

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a bill that keeps illegal drugs illegal but focuses state and local efforts and resources on treatment and recovery rather than incarceration.

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