Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial 'decriminalization' of simple possession: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Kanna Hayashi (Author), Tyson Singh Kelsall (Author), Caitlin Shane (Author), Zishan Cui (Author), Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (Author), M.-J. Milloy (Author), Kora DeBeck (Author), Thomas Kerr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Several jurisdictions in Canada have recently considered decriminalizing possession of illicit drugs for personal use (henceforth, simple possession) as part of their responses to the ongoing drug toxicity/overdose crisis. In this context, we sought to examine an early implementa...