Samona Marsh

Encampment sweeps and persistent homelessness among unhoused people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A prospective cohort study

Background Housing is a key determinant of health. In response to increasingly visible homelessness amid a growing housing crisis, many jurisdictions in North America forcibly displace unhoused people from public spaces, routinely confiscating their personal belongings. While pri...

Police drug seizures without arrest before and during a decriminalization pilot in Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal analysis

On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which removed criminal sanctions for the personal possession of some drugs below a cumulative total of...