Framing decriminalization: A mixed-methods study on media narratives, government resources, misinformation, and public support of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Farihah Ali
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raw_author_name: Shannon Chellew Paternostro
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
raw_author_name: Sameer Imtiaz
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
raw_author_name: Cayley Russell
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), 250 College Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
raw_author_name: Mark Asbridge
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Centre for Clinical Research, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 1V7, Canada
raw_author_name: Louisa Degenhardt
raw_affiliation_strings: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
raw_author_name: Elaine Hyshka
raw_affiliation_strings: School of Public Health, College of Sciences, University of Alberta. 3-300 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada
raw_author_name: Kurt Lock
raw_affiliation_strings: School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University (SFU), 3269-515 West Hastings Street, Office Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada
raw_author_name: M. Eugenia Socias
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall (Woodward Instructional Resource Centre), Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), 1045 Howe St., Suite 400, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2A9, Canada
raw_author_name: Dan Werb
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation (CDPE), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street Toronto, ON M5B 1 W8, Canada; Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California (UC) San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
raw_author_name: Jürgen Rehm
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