Federal ruling against a Philadelphia supervised drug-use site raises questions for Seattle plans
Jan. 13—A 2-1 ruling today from the
It does, however, raise questions about the city and county's next steps to contract for those services.
The
While
"I'll be very interested whether Safehouse chooses to appeal the decision," Holmes said in a statement.
"We don't know exactly what that looks like now and this (ruling) is another wrinkle that we'll have to deal with," the mayor said.
"Regardless of today's ruling, (the
The "crack house" statute the case revolves around makes it illegal to open or maintain a facility for using, selling or manufacturing drugs.
"This puts a spotlight back on
But local laws don't have to be in lockstep with federal drug laws, according to the
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"We remain convinced that the law was not intended to force people to stand by while we see mounting fatal overdoses," Goldfein said.
"My expectation and my hope is that we move forward progressively here in
Correction: The original version of this story misinterpreted a comment from City Attorney
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