Starting July 1, it will no longer be a crime to possess illicit drugs under Washington state law, after lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on Sunday before the legislative session's end. But the fentanyl crisis remains, and now city and county leaders are scrambling to pass their own ordinances; leaders like Mayor Nancy Backus of the City of Auburn. "We have already been talking about, with our city attorney, what more we might be able to do," said Backus. According to King County’s most recently available data from 2021, one of the regions with the highest number of lethal drug overdoses was South Auburn. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/king-county-cities-auburn-maple-valley-scramble-to-ban-drug-use/281-159a332b-0de1-4851-af7c-c64bd3678932