P.O.W.E.R. research
Download peer-reviewed publications led by or affiliated with P.O.W.E.R.
Regulation on the rocks: Community-directed appraisal on the projected harms of reform to alcohol pricing in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. International Journal of Drug Policy. (2026).
Qualitative study of the impacts of a government crackdown against revenue sharing between pharmacies and patients in Vancouver. Discover Public Health (2026).
Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of “recriminalization” among people who use criminalized drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy (2026).
“Street sweeps:” Municipal government-enforced confiscation of personal belongings among unstably housed people who use drugs in Vancouver. Public Health (2025).
Colonial Power, displacement, and drug war propaganda: Politics of British Columbia’s 2023 “Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act.” BC Studies. (2025).
Depoliticization of violence: Critical limits of risk environment frameworks in drug use research. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing (2024).
Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study. Harm Reduction Journal (2023).
