“…The article builds on data from a broader ethnographic examination of how users of homeless shelters, drop-in centers, drug treatment centers and drug consumption rooms coped with the pandemic crisis ( Nygaard-Christensen & Pedersen, 2020 ; Nygaard-Christensen, Pedersen & Thorsen 2020 ; Nygaard-Christensen, Pedersen & Bjerge, 2020 ; Nygaard-Christensen, Houborg & Thylstrup, 2021 ). Data was collected in two Danish cities, where services are located in relative proximity to ‘open drug scenes’, defined as public areas with visible use and sale of illegal drugs, and where access to commercial drug sellers is open to anyone who appears a plausible buyer, with no requirement for prior introduction ( Alpheis, 1996 ; May & Hough, 2004 ).…”