What decriminalization in British Columbia could and could not achieve
Alexis Crabtree, Alissa Greer · 2026
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Alexis Crabtree and Alissa Greer comment in 2026 on what drug decriminalization in British Columbia could and could not do. A study in the same issue weighed health and justice results in that province against the rest of Canada. Arrests for drug holding fell, the clearest gain of the policy.
Yet hospital stays and deaths tied to drugs did not shift apart from other provinces, they note. Deaths fell in the province at the same pace as elsewhere, in step with shifts in the drug supply. One thread is a curb on fentanyl inputs from China, which cut supply across North America. The team reads the policy as a web move, not a lone switch. Its yield hangs on the health, social, and legal ground around it.
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| CREATOR | Alexis Crabtree, Alissa Greer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |