Naomi Zakimi
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 338353 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Naomi Zakimi |
| PRENOMES | Naomi |
| SOBRENOME | Zakimi |
| ASSINATURA | ZAKIMI N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3582-3261 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The message in a policy
Background . Drug policies communicate messages about drugs and the people who use them. In 2023, British Columbia, Canada, implemented a three-year exemption to decriminalize small amounts of most illicit substances in response to the drug toxicity crisis. The policy aimed to increase access to health and social services by reducing stigma. This study explores how people who use drugs in socioeconomically stable positions—stably housed and emplo…
Negotiating drug use and work
BACKGROUND: People who use drugs are embedded in complex systems and policy settings. In this study, we investigated how construction workers who use drugs negotiated their subject positions while navigating social and work demands in the context of British Columbia's recent decriminalization policy, which aimed to reduce stigma and increase access to health and social services. METHODS: Using poststructural interview analysis, we analyzed the 't…
What's a policy without trust? How the legacy of policing shapes experiences of drug decriminalization in British Columbia
Access to health and harm reduction services during drug decriminalization in British Columbia, Canada
On January 31st 2023, the Canadian province of British Columbia temporarily decriminalized the personal possession of certain illegal drugs up to 2.5 g, cumulatively, for adults. A stated aim of this policy directive was to reduce the stigmatization of people who use drugs and increase access to health and harm reduction services. The aim of this study was to capture the prevalence and nature of potential barriers to such services under drug decr…
Public drug use, policing, and the limits of decriminalization in British Columbia
In January 2023, British Columbia implemented a province-wide decriminalization policy for simple drug possession that aimed to reduce criminal penalties for people who use drugs. However, the policy emerged alongside intense public and political scrutiny of visible drug use which led to new restrictions on public consumption. This study uses a mixed-methods approach that draws on quantitative data from the 2024 Harm Reduction Client Survey (N = …
Learning from the Drug Policy Curriculum
Police officers have long been tasked with translating drug policies into practice; as a key public-facing side of the criminal justice system, they influence how drug policy messages are conveyed to the public through everyday enforcement practices. The government of British Columbia, Canada, received a 3-year exemption from federal drug laws to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of most illicit substances starting January 31, 2023. I…
Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime
In October 2018, Canada legalized and regulated its entire recreational cannabis supply chain via the Cannabis Act. One of the objectives of this new policy was to take revenue away from organized crime groups. Five years after the Cannabis Act went into effect, we address the following question: what do we know about the impacts of cannabis regulation on organized crime? A review of the gray and academic literature revealed that there is little …
Police officer perceptions towards drug liberalization policies in the context of an overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada
Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an overdose crisis that has pushed drug liberalization policies to the forefront of the response. This study examines police officers’ perceptions of enforcement and drug liberalization policies, including support for decriminalization and regulation or ‘safer supply’, in this context.Methods Qualitative interview data were collected in September-November 2020 from active police officers involv…
It's going to get pretty tippy”
A 'drug strategy' is a policy document that structures the priorities and directions for interventions for drug related issues within a particular jurisdiction and/or context. A 'pillars' drug strategy concentrates efforts through clustering separated columns of activity, such as law enforcement, harm reduction, treatment, and prevention. In this study, we examined drug policy stakeholders' perspectives on the structure, function, and fit of a fo…
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Simple possession as a ‘tool’
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime
In October 2018, Canada legalized and regulated its entire recreational cannabis supply chain via the Cannabis Act. One of the objectives of this new policy was to take revenue away from organized crime groups. Five years after the Cannabis Act went into effect, we address the following question: what do we know about the impacts of cannabis regulation on organized crime? A review of the gray and academic literature revealed that there is little …
Simple possession as a ‘tool’
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Police officer perceptions towards drug liberalization policies in the context of an overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada
Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an overdose crisis that has pushed drug liberalization policies to the forefront of the response. This study examines police officers’ perceptions of enforcement and drug liberalization policies, including support for decriminalization and regulation or ‘safer supply’, in this context.Methods Qualitative interview data were collected in September-November 2020 from active police officers involv…
It's going to get pretty tippy”
A 'drug strategy' is a policy document that structures the priorities and directions for interventions for drug related issues within a particular jurisdiction and/or context. A 'pillars' drug strategy concentrates efforts through clustering separated columns of activity, such as law enforcement, harm reduction, treatment, and prevention. In this study, we examined drug policy stakeholders' perspectives on the structure, function, and fit of a fo…
Learning from the Drug Policy Curriculum
Police officers have long been tasked with translating drug policies into practice; as a key public-facing side of the criminal justice system, they influence how drug policy messages are conveyed to the public through everyday enforcement practices. The government of British Columbia, Canada, received a 3-year exemption from federal drug laws to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of most illicit substances starting January 31, 2023. I…
Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime
In October 2018, Canada legalized and regulated its entire recreational cannabis supply chain via the Cannabis Act. One of the objectives of this new policy was to take revenue away from organized crime groups. Five years after the Cannabis Act went into effect, we address the following question: what do we know about the impacts of cannabis regulation on organized crime? A review of the gray and academic literature revealed that there is little …
The message in a policy
Background . Drug policies communicate messages about drugs and the people who use them. In 2023, British Columbia, Canada, implemented a three-year exemption to decriminalize small amounts of most illicit substances in response to the drug toxicity crisis. The policy aimed to increase access to health and social services by reducing stigma. This study explores how people who use drugs in socioeconomically stable positions—stably housed and emplo…
Negotiating drug use and work
BACKGROUND: People who use drugs are embedded in complex systems and policy settings. In this study, we investigated how construction workers who use drugs negotiated their subject positions while navigating social and work demands in the context of British Columbia's recent decriminalization policy, which aimed to reduce stigma and increase access to health and social services. METHODS: Using poststructural interview analysis, we analyzed the 't…
What's a policy without trust? How the legacy of policing shapes experiences of drug decriminalization in British Columbia
Access to health and harm reduction services during drug decriminalization in British Columbia, Canada
On January 31st 2023, the Canadian province of British Columbia temporarily decriminalized the personal possession of certain illegal drugs up to 2.5 g, cumulatively, for adults. A stated aim of this policy directive was to reduce the stigmatization of people who use drugs and increase access to health and harm reduction services. The aim of this study was to capture the prevalence and nature of potential barriers to such services under drug decr…
Public drug use, policing, and the limits of decriminalization in British Columbia
In January 2023, British Columbia implemented a province-wide decriminalization policy for simple drug possession that aimed to reduce criminal penalties for people who use drugs. However, the policy emerged alongside intense public and political scrutiny of visible drug use which led to new restrictions on public consumption. This study uses a mixed-methods approach that draws on quantitative data from the 2024 Harm Reduction Client Survey (N = …
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (9 obras) · Decriminalization (8 obras) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (7 obras) · Criminology (5 obras) · Harm reduction (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Law enforcement (4 obras) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 obras)