Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison and a pair of Seattle City Council members introduced legislation on Thursday that would prohibit the use of drugs in public places. The proposed law would make public drug use a misdemeanor, allowing for prosecution of the crimes.

"This legislation gives our officers a tool to interrupt that behavior, and it provides the City Attorney with the ability to prosecute," said Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson, who is one of the sponsors of the legislation.

Davison, along with council members Sara Nelson and Alex Pedersen, modeled the legislation after a similar ordinance proposed in Bellingham. Local jurisdictions are scrambling to introduce drug possession and use legislation after the state legislative session failed to produce an updated bill ahead of the state's current law expiring in July.

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