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Space, scale and jurisdiction in health service provision for drug users: the legal geography of a supervised injecting facility
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posted on 2023-05-22, 22:15 authored by Williams, SSydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre delivers the significant benefits of harm reduction, but has been controversial regards the law. Its contested history is examined here through the Jens of legal geography. Narrative analysis reveals that the arguments for and against the centre's establishment referenced matters ranging from international treaties through to municipal govenance. These arguments and their outcome were variously shaped by the different spaces and scales of jurisdiction but not simply in a zero sum game of law played out through the hierarchically ordered nesting of container-like territories. The implications for legal geography and for public health are discussed.
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Publication title
Drugs, Law, People, Place and the State Ongoing Regulation, Resistance and ChangeEditors
S Williams, B WarfPagination
95-108ISBN
9781138700451Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
Ablington, United KingdomExtent
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