Moving into an urban drug scene among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: Latent class growth analysis.
Kanna Hayashi PhDLianping TiHuiru DongBrittany BinghamAndrew DayRonald JoeRolando BarriosKora DeBeckM-J MilloyThomas KerrPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Nearly half of the participants moved into the DTES. Younger PWUD and Indigenous peoples appeared to have particularly high mobility, as did those with markers of social-structural vulnerability and high intensity drug use. These findings indicate a need to tailor existing social and health services within the DTES and expand affordable housing options outside the DTES.