Commentary
par
Smith, Christopher B.R.
Date de publication
2016
Géographie
Canada
Langue de la ressource
English
Texte disponible en version intégrale
Oui
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Oui
Évalué par des pairs
Yes
L’objectif
Paralleling the development of autonomous organizations of PUD in relation to independent groups by and for various psychiatrized constituencies, this article traces the history of Canadian drug/service user organizing with an overt focus on structural barriers, suggesting that the psychiatric survivor and mad movements have served as critical organizing models among PUD
Constatations/points à retenir
Drawing from evidenced based research concerning peer-based forms of harm reduction, this paper argues for the fundamental centrality of autonomous organizations by and for PUD in the harm reduction movement at local and global scales, suggesting that addiction research and policy development that neglects the direct involvement of PUD bears little, if any, relevance to the people in whose interests it is ostensibly conducted.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
Review of initiatives + ethnographic experience
Mots clés
Advocacy
About PWUD
Barriers and enablers
Illegal drugs
Peer/PWLLE program involvement
