The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance that would make the use or possession of controlled substances a gross misdemeanor within the city.
The legislation was approved 6-3. Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda, Kshama Sawant and Tammy Morales voted against the legislation.
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill making public drug use a gross misdemeanor earlier this year. However, because the City of Seattle didn’t have its own public drug use law on the books, public drug use cases could not be tried by the Seattle City Attorney.
The city council attempted to pass a public drug use law in June, but it failed by one vote. Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Andrew Lewis changed their initial votes.
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