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Table 3 Annual prevalence of police seizure of drugs without arrest in the past 6 months among people who used drugs daily in Vancouver, Canada, 2009–2021

From: Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study

Calendar year

2009 (June–December)

2010

2011

2012 (January–November)

2019 June–2020 March

2021 (June–November)

N interviewed

711

816

773

699

858

533

N and % (95% CI) reporting drug seizurea

49

6.9 (5.0–8.8)

66

8.1 (6.2–10.0)

43

5.6 (3.9–7.2)

23

3.3 (2.0–4.6)

44

5.1 (3.6–6.6)

23

4.3 (2.6–6.0)

  1. Because data were collected only for 7 months in 2019 and two and a half months in 2020, these 2 years’ data were combined when estimating the annual prevalence
  2. CI: Confidence interval
  3. aThe number refers to the number of participants providing at least one report of police seizure of drugs without arrest in the past 6 months