在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的非犯罪化改革中,使用毒品的人优先考虑监管:一项定性研究
Jessica C Xavier1, Jennifer McDermid2, Jane Buxton3
1School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, 655W 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4R4, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy
|February 25, 2024
概括
英国哥伦比亚省 - 哥伦比亚省.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省 (BC) 面临着前所未有的过量死亡危机,过量服用是10-59岁人群死亡的主要原因.
- 2023年1月,不列颠哥伦比亚省实施了个人持有毒品的非刑事化政策,以减少耻辱和改善获得服务的机会.
- 这一政策旨在通过减少危害的战略来解决不断升级的过量危机.
研究的目的:
- 调查使用毒品的人 (PWUD) 关于BC新法规化政策的看法.
- 了解PWUD对重点毒品政策问题和必要解决方案的看法.
- 在更广泛的毒品政策格局中将非刑事化纳入背景.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项定性研究,对38名参与者进行了研究,这些参与者在过去一个月内使用过非法药物.
- 数据是在政策实施之前的2022年10月至12月期间收集的.
- 采访探讨了参与者对非犯罪化和更广泛的毒品政策的期望和担忧.
主要成果:
- 参与者认为非法毒品供应是毒品毒性死亡的主要驱动因素.
- 人们对合法化对过量使用率的潜在影响表示担忧.
- 出现了四个主要主题:毒品供应,非刑事化影响,政策响应观点和监管作为解决方案.
结论:
- 许多人预计非刑事化对过量危机的影响有限.
- 对药物供应的监管被认为是解决过量死亡问题的更有效方法.
- 调查结果为从基于禁令的毒品政策过渡的司法管辖区提供了洞察力.
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