Table 7.
Sources of information about BC’s decriminalization policy among harm reduction clients (n = 404)
| Aware of decriminalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 404) | Yes (n = 254) | No (n = 150) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Checked any | 393 | 97.3% | 248 | 97.6% | 145 | 96.7% |
| Harm reduction site / OPS / SCS / community organization | 217 | 55.2% | 144 | 58.1% | 73 | 50.3% |
| Health care provider | 89 | 22.6% | 64 | 25.8% | 25 | 17.2% |
| On social media (Facebook / Twitter / TikTok, etc.) | 80 | 20.4% | 59 | 23.8% | 21 | 14.5% |
| On the news/media | 98 | 24.9% | 72 | 29.0% | 26 | 17.9% |
| Friend | 140 | 35.6% | 101 | 40.7% | 39 | 26.9% |
| Drug user group | 85 | 21.6% | 61 | 24.6% | 24 | 16.6% |
| Dealer | 59 | 15.0% | 40 | 16.1% | 19 | 13.1% |
| Posters on the street | 44 | 11.2% | 34 | 13.7% | 10 | 6.9% |
| This survey | 159 | 40.5% | 80 | 32.3% | 79 | 54.5% |
| Other | 32 | 8.1% | 18 | 7.3% | 14 | 9.7% |