Funding support services for persons who use drugs and eliminating misdemeanor criminal penalties for possessing or dispensing a personal use drug.
The bill establishes the Community Care, Health, and Safety Special Fund to provide grants for community-based support services for individuals with substance use-related health needs. It eliminates misdemeanor criminal penalties for possessing or dispensing a personal use supply of regulated drugs. The bill also creates the Drug Use Health and Safety Advisory Board to determine benchmark personal use supplies for regulated drugs.
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