Council restricts city support for some "safe supply" items after heated debate
The committee approved a proviso (HSD 57a1) limiting city support for distribution of drug consumption supplies other than needles following debate over harm-reduction evidence, public-safety concerns and overdose statistics. Vote passed 5-3 with one abstention.
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Seattle's Select Budget Committee voted to limit city-funded distribution of some drug consumption supplies after more than an hour of debate that framed the issue as a public-health question about harm reduction versus enabling use.
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