![]() ![]() Implementation of evidenced-based alcohol policies has been shown as an effective way for governments to reduce alcohol-caused harms. Adam Sherk, Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.Bernie Pauly, Professor, School of Nursing.Tim Stockwell, Professor, Department of Psychology.Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol: A View through the Lenses of Social Justice This project will undertake a rapid mixed methods pilot study to evaluate the impacts of decriminalization in Victoria, BC, informing the work of the BC government and other research teams who will be conducing province-wide evaluations of this policy change.ΔΆ. Rigorous evaluation of the impacts of this policy change is needed to satisfy federal government requirements, and to further our understandings of decriminalization as a response to reducing substance-related harms. In response, the provincial government has initiated several harm reduction measures, including a policy to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. In BC, there has been an ongoing epidemic and declared public health emergency of overdose deaths from poisoned illicit drugs. Tim Naimi, Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy.Jinhui Zhao, Senior data analyst, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.Jaime Arredondo, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy.Karen Urbanoski, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy.Pilot Evaluation of the Decriminalization of Small Amounts of Substances in Victoria, B.C. ![]()
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