Abstract: Barriers to accessing supervised consumption services are well documented in the literature. Police and security presence in the areas surrounding these sites are two such barriers. Yet, despite what we know about these autonomous social control actors, less is known about whether/how the convergence of actors within neighborhoods housing supervised consumption sites shapes service access. This paper examines how people who use drugs navigate police, security, and residents to access harm reduction services in Calgary, Canada. Based on qualitat...
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Public relations
Internet privacy
Computer security