Measure legal pathways
A policy that removes legal options without measuring adult movement risks confusing restriction with success.
Metrics note · 28 May 2026
A harm-reduction metrics note prepared for committee review
The network has prepared correspondence asking Alberta to measure legal adult pathways, youth access prevention, and illicit-market displacement as separate outcomes.
Public position
The network's point is narrow: harm reduction cannot be evaluated if Alberta only measures the existence of restrictions and not where adults go next.
What the correspondence asks Alberta to test
Measure youth access separately
Youth prevention deserves its own indicators, including inspections, refusal-of-sale data, school-area reporting, and online-vendor actions.
Measure displacement
The prepared note asks Alberta to publish indicators that can show whether demand moves toward unregulated sellers after new restrictions.
Publication note
This page records the network's measurement frame so readers can evaluate the claim rather than only the politics.