title: Study highlights negative public health consequences of police crackdown on drug market.
abstract: A police crackdown in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) displaced the drug scene to adjacent areas and may have exacerbated the health and social harms associated with injection drug use. This is the finding of a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Evan Wood and his colleagues at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Betteridge
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D016495:Police; D011634:Public Health; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders