ArticleContemporary drug problems2022
Young People Who Use Drugs Views Toward the Power and Authority of Police Officers.
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- Learning from the Drug Policy Curriculum: People Who Use Drugs Policing in the Context of Decriminalization.Contemporary drug problems · 2026Article
- Linkage to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Syringe Services Programs and the Criminal Legal System: A Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Awareness and knowledge of drug decriminalization among people who use drugs in British Columbia: a multi-method pre-implementation study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- 'We don't live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world': tensions arising in the design of drug alerts.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Intention to seek emergency medical services during community overdose events in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional survey.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- "We need to build a better bridge": findings from a multi-site qualitative analysis of opportunities for improving opioid treatment services for youth.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
Many young people who use drugs are structurally vulnerable to policing powers given the ongoing criminalization of drug possession. Police authority limits and the expression of that authority may play a significant role in police encounters among young people who use drugs. This qualitative study explores the views of young people who use drugs toward police power and authority in their recent encounters with police officers. Interviews were conducted with 38 young people who recently used illegal drugs in British Columbia, Canada. We found five interrelated themes related to perceptions of police authority: (1) skepticism and distrust toward authority; (2) paternalism and authority over drug use; (3) officer use of force; (4) police as power-hungry; and (5) officers above the law. Participants described police authority as limitless, unpredictable, untethered, easily abused, and lacking accountability. Participants feared holding police officers accountable to power abuses in a criminal justice system that they saw as stacked against them. Moving forward, institutional reforms may consider and account for the expression, limits, and use of police authority among young people who use drugs and other structurally vulnerable communities.
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