University of York, York, United Kingdom.
University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Int J Drug Policy. 2024 May;127:104393. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104393. Epub 2024 Mar 22.
Based on a survey (n = 249) and qualitative interviews (n = 38) with marginalized people who use drugs (PWUDs) in Copenhagen, Denmark, we investigate the experiences of this group with the police in a context where drug possession had been depenalized in and around drug consumption rooms (DCRs). Our findings point to positive experiences with the police, especially with the local community police in the depenalization zone, who refrained from drug law enforcement and practiced 'harm reduction policing.' However, marginalized PWUDs also reported that they were still targeted for drug possession by other sections of the police despite the depenalization policy. Specifically, the drug squad of the police would continue to confiscate illicit drugs for investigatory purposes to counter organized drug crime, as well as continue to target user-dealers who were not formally included in the depenalization policy. The findings illustrate how marginalized PWUDs still found themselves in a precarious legal situation without any legal rights to possess the drugs that they were dependent on, even though possession of drugs had been depenalized in and around DCRs.
基于对丹麦哥本哈根的边缘化吸毒者（PWUD）进行的一项调查（n=249）和定性访谈（n=38），我们在毒品消费室（DCR）内外将毒品持有合法化的背景下，调查了该群体与警察的互动经历。我们的研究结果表明，吸毒者对警察有积极的体验，尤其是对所在合法化区域的社区警察，他们避免了执行毒品法，并采取了“减少伤害的警务”。然而，边缘化的吸毒者也报告说，尽管有毒品合法化政策，但他们仍然是警察其他部门打击毒品持有行为的目标。具体来说，警察的缉毒队仍将继续没收非法毒品用于调查目的，以打击有组织的毒品犯罪，同时也继续针对那些未被正式纳入合法化政策的使用者-经销商。研究结果表明，即使在 DCR 内外将毒品持有合法化，边缘化的吸毒者仍然发现自己处于不稳定的法律境地，他们没有合法权利拥有他们依赖的毒品。
