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Police drug seizures without arrest before and during a decriminalization pilot in Vancouver, Canada: A longitudinal analysis
Singh Kelsall, Tyson; Sayre, Eric C. ; Shane, Caitlin; Archondous, Scotty; Marsh, Samona; Gregg, Delilah; Rigsby, Jason C.; Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; Small, Will; King, Kevin; Braithwaite, Jon; Kerr, Thomas; Hayashi, Kanna
2026-09-05
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On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which removed criminal sanctions for the personal possession of some drugs below a cumulative total of 2.5 g. We sought to measure frequency of police drug seizures without arrest before and during the Decriminalization Pilot, and to determine potential relationships between police drug seizures and nonfatal overdose in the urban setting of Vancouver, BC.