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Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2019 Dec 12;76:102618. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102618

TABLE 3.

Experiences of police-related barriers to harm reduction across the study period amongst women sex workers who use drugs in Metro Vancouver, Canada, 2010 – 2017 (n = 624)

Type of barrier	Total participants^* (%) (n = 624)	Total events (n = 3703)
Any police-reported barrier to harm reduction	428 (68.6%)	1248
Difficulty accessing drugs	347 (55.6)	831
Rushed smoke	271 (43.4)	529
Rushed injection	189 (30.3)	358
Police took away/broke used equipment	172 (27.6)	260
Jacked up by police	163 (26.1)	246
Police took away money or drugs	128 (20.5)	174
Police took away/broke new equipment	118 (18.9)	164
Difficulty accessing other drug equipment	95 (15.2)	136
Difficulty accessing clean rigs	59 (9.5)	84
Other barriers	16 (2.6)	16

Total # of participants who reported the type of barrier at least once in the last 6 months at baseline or any follow-up visit during the study period (2010–2017)