Harm Reduction as a Citizenship Movement
The Case of Hoog Catharijne, Utrecht (1973–2001)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970812 |
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| Authors | Jasper Bongers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-34 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social History of Alcohol Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-2783 • E-ISSN: 2640-7329 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/723361 |
| OpenAlex | W4317547320 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Although most drug users are citizens on paper, they are not always regarded as full members of the community in practice. Looking at a semiopen drug scene in and around the Hoog Catharijne shopping mall (Utrecht, the Netherlands), I trace how the citizenship of drug users developed in the period 1973–2001. Over time, interventions linked to the idea of harm reduction—aiming to mitigate the harm caused by drug use without necessarily prohibiting drugs—increased the degree to which drug users were seen as full citizens. Therefore, this article addresses the question, Was harm reduction a citizenship movement
Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Harm · Harm reduction · Internet privacy · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Highly cited | No |
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