Changes in public order after the opening of an overdose monitoring facility for people who inject drugs

León, Casey; Cardoso, Lena; Johnston, Salem; Mackin, Sarah; Bock, Barry; Gaeta, Jessie M.

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.009

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“…One set sought to assess self-reported exposure to various drug scene–related activities and traces while another sought to assess the degree to which such activities and traces were perceived to be a nuisance. In the design process, we drew on previous research on the relationship between drug scenes, public drug use, and public order concerns (Cusick & Kimber, 2007; León et al., 2018; Renn & Lange, 1996), including from settings where DCRs have been established (Salmon et al, 2007). The survey also contained questions on attitudes toward Skyen and H17, feelings of safety and sociodemographic information.…”

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Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Bancroft

Houborg

2020

Contemporary Drug Problems

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The inner-city area of Inner Vesterbro in Copenhagen, Denmark, houses the largest open drug scene in Scandinavia. Since the 1980s, the area has been a gathering point for people who use, buy, and sell drugs. During the last two decades, urban redevelopments have resulted in marked demographic changes amid concerns about processes of gentrification. The drug scene, however, remains, and the last 7 years have seen the implementation of a new police strategy of “nonenforcement” of minor drug possession offences alongside the opening of two drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in the area. This article presents findings from a study of resident attitudes toward local DCRs and daily experiences of the open drug scene. Specifically, we draw on material generated via an online questionnaire distributed among residents in the area ( N = 566) and qualitative interviewing of 33 residents. The article also proposes a change in perspective toward drug scene encounters, one that is not hinged exclusively on a narrow understanding of nuisances understood as negative affective states. This new approach is employed in an analysis of resident experiences of drug scene encounters. The analysis shows that rather than experiencing drug users and the drug scene exclusively as a nuisance or threat to community order, most residents are supportive of DCRs and generally accept the presence of a drug scene in the area. The article concludes with a brief discussion of results and their relation to current debates on urban coexistence, progressive harm reduction initiatives, and public space management.

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Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Bancroft

Houborg

2020

Contemporary Drug Problems

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“…1). Seven cross-sectional studies were judged to be of sufficient methodological quality [7,[22][23][24][25][26][27]. The eligible publication rate was 1-2 articles annually.…”

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“…In some studies, drug use in public has been evaluated/ described through the frequency of smoking crack in public places [33,43], or drug use in public [16,22,23,29,35,36], and injection in public [5,27,37,38,41,42]. According to the number of eligible articles in the study, besides disposal of drug-related paraphernalia, drug use in public was the main indicator of DRCIs.…”

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“…Another identified domain was the problem of paraphernalia such as used foil or needles and syringes in public spaces [43]. The same concept has been studied in oth- er articles, namely, discarded syringes in public [16,23,25,38,42]; community residents finding used needles [25]; used syringes found outdoors [30], and drug or injection-related litter itself [22,38]. The injection-related litter was defined in more detail such as discarded syringe wrappers, syringe caps, sterile water containers, and "cookers" (containers used to heat drugs before injection).…”

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“…Drug Dealing DRCIs are caused not only by drug use in public but also by activities such as drug dealing in/around the ODSs. In some studies, the effects of establishing a medi- cally supervised safer injecting facility on the reduction of the number of suspected drug dealers and arrest for drug use has been considered as an indicator of the magnitude of the public disorder [5,16,22,23,38,39,42]. In the included studies, drug dealing has been considered as a source of street-based income generation for drug users [7], insecurity feelings in people who are close to drug dealing [31], a type of drug-related crime [29], or as a factor of DRCIs in ODSs [40].…”

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Indicators of Drug-Related Community Impacts of Open Drug Scenes: A Scoping Review

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Introduction: Places where people deal and/or use drugs publicly are known as open drug scenes (ODSs). Drug-related community impacts (DRCIs) refer to drug-related issues that negatively influence public and individual health, communities, businesses, and recreational and public space enjoyment. There are no well-established criteria for identification of DRCIs. We therefore performed a scoping review of literature to determine DRCIs indicators associated with ODSs. Methods: The review was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScP). We searched English articles in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE databases from 1990 to 2021. The keywords were drug-related crime, drug-related offense, misconduct, social marginalization, homeless drug users, open drug scene, drug-related street disorder, public nuisance, and community impact. Results: Sixty-four studies were identified. Twenty-five studies were included. Two studies (8%) were about drug-related public nuisance, 1 (4%) considered drug-related social problems, 2 (8%) focused on drug-related social disorder, and 18 studies (72%) discussed indicators of community impacts such as crime, drug-related litter, safety, noise, and drug use in public. Two studies (8%) included the frequency of drug use in ODSs. Discussion: DRCI indicators are heterogenic, and various factors affect the indicators. The factors include social mores, political discourse, and historical approaches to dealing with and using drugs. Some societies do not tolerate the existence of ODSs. In contrast, many countries have adopted harm reduction programs to manage DRCIs. Identified DRCI indicators were drug using and dealing in public, drug-related litter, crime, drug-related loitering, street-based income generation activities, noise, and unsafety feelings in inhabitants. To solve the problems associated with DRCIs and to make a major change in ODSs, it is necessary to pay attention to the improvement of the economic conditions (e.g., employment opportunities), amendment (e.g., determine the limits of criminalization in drug use), and adoption of social policies (e.g., providing low-threshold and supportive services for homeless drug users).

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ICT for a Well-Functioning Government in Cities: Towards Integrated Information Platforms for E-Government and E-Transformation

Cheshmehzangi¹

2022

ICT, Cities, and Reaching Positive Peace

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Changes in public order after the opening of an overdose monitoring facility for people who inject drugs

Cited by 9 publications

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Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Indicators of Drug-Related Community Impacts of Open Drug Scenes: A Scoping Review

ICT for a Well-Functioning Government in Cities: Towards Integrated Information Platforms for E-Government and E-Transformation

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