Blue cities U-turn on distributing drug supplies to addicts after progressive policies fail to stem epidemic
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West Coast cities rethink drug policies as Seattle bans city support for distributing illegal drug supplies except needles and San Francisco requires treatment counseling.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
Seattle’s City Council passed its 2026 budget in November and included a provision that will "preclude any City support for the purchase or distribution of supplies for the consumption of illegal drugs, with the exception of needles."
The provision was championed by City Council Member Sara Nelson, who said that while she supports needle exchange programs because they reduce the spread of diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C, she said she doesn’t see the benefit in using public resources to "help people get high" by distributing certain drug supplies.
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