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WA civil forfeiture law turns minor drug offenses into major losses
Even as Washington winds down its drug war, police still seize homes and cash from low-level suspects.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Mushrooms, meetups and mainstreaming the movement to decriminalize drugs
Once at the vanguard of drug liberalization, Washington has fallen behind as others have legalized some psychedelics. Now one group of activists wants to catch up, and then some.
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What's next for Seattle's 'most dangerous street'?
The Seattle Department of Transportation reports stellar results from one of its most ballyhooed traffic “rechannelization” projects, on Rainier Avenue
politics
A suicide in jail: Did photographer Michael Clinard have to die?
An inmate had promised to kill himself in jail. And he managed to, despite everything the county tries to do.
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Seattle rock hound offers tours of our billion-year-old past
Geologist-turned-writer David B. Williams shares the secrets of the city's stones.