Drug Policy Alliance: D.C. Becomes Latest Jurisdiction to Decriminalize Drug Paraphernalia
January 05, 2021
January 05, 2021
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release:
This week, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the "Opioid Overdose Prevention Act of 2019" (B23-0054)--a bill that unanimously passed the D.C. Council earlier this month--into law. This omnibus bill includes language that removes criminal penalties for possession of drug paraphernalia for personal use and allows community-based organizations to distribute desperately needed harm re . . .
This week, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the "Opioid Overdose Prevention Act of 2019" (B23-0054)--a bill that unanimously passed the D.C. Council earlier this month--into law. This omnibus bill includes language that removes criminal penalties for possession of drug paraphernalia for personal use and allows community-based organizations to distribute desperately needed harm re . . .