In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
I am just astounded that this is being spun in such a positive light. It absolutely has had a negative impact on public safety here. They&#x27;re offered public services, and they refuse them, because many of our &quot;tiny villages&quot; have no-drug-use policies, which they will not abide by.<p>My city has one of the worst problems with repeat violent drug addicts in the nation (perhaps aside from the Bay) and yet we refuse to jail those who attack members of the public.<p>Just a few weeks ago we released a known violent repeat offender who four days later tossed a hot coffee on an infant.<p>Up in Ballard we released a guy who then chased people down with a pitchfork. Another is intent on assaulting the new Park Couriers who&#x27;s job it is to keep people from open-using heroin in our public parks.<p>There&#x27;s a guy down at an I-5 onramp in downtown who keeps trying to throw small women off the overpass. He keeps failing at doing so, and the cops say &quot;Can&#x27;t do anything, he hasn&#x27;t actually thrown somebody off&quot;. I guess we&#x27;ll just wait until he succeeds.<p>Oh well. I guess we&#x27;ll just keep pointing these people towards social services, which they&#x27;ll refuse <i>again</i>, lock them up for some token amount of time, and wait for them to harm the public again.