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Table 1 Themes and sub-themes

From: Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions

Theme 1: General perceptions of DCS

Theme 2: Shifting culture towards public health-oriented policing

 2a: The perceived failure of enforcement-based practices

 2b: Increasing awareness of social and structural drivers of drug harm

 2c: Limits to the shift in public health policing

Theme 3: Issues and challenges surrounding the policing of DCS

 3a: Preference for legislative change or national strategic guidance

 3b: Policing the area surrounding a DCS

 3c: The role of officer discretion