The Politics of Harm Reduction
Comparing the Historical Development of Needle Exchange Policy in Canada and the UK between 1985 and 1995
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970831 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Hayle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Pages | 81-103 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/shad3201081 |
| OpenAlex | W2914944059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
The UK was a trailblazer in needle syringe programming (NSP), having established fifteen facilities by 1987, ahead of most other countries around the world at the time. By 1993, roughly 300 programs were operating in all parts of the country. Canada opened its first NSP in 1989, not long after the first programs opened in the UK. In stark contrast to the UK, however, over the same period of time, substantially fewer NSPs opened in Canada. By 1994, only thirty NSPs were operating in only four of ten provinces (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta). Drawing on government records, policy documents, newspaper articles, and secondary literature, this paper seeks to better understand how and why NSP policy developed and evolved differently in both countries between the years 1985 and 1995. Utilizing social constructionism and political sociology as analytical frameworks, this paper argues that each country’s divergent political structures help to explain cross-national variations in drug policy development
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |