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From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population (2012)
Thesis
Walmsley, I. From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/942606

Contemporary approaches to the treatment of problematic drug use situate the individual within a complex system of power-relations. This system of power-relations operates through a wide range of experts, techniques, strategies, institutions and subj... Read More about From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population.

Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation (2012)
Journal Article
Walmsley, I. (2012). Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation. History of the Human Sciences, 25(4), 90-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695112459135

This article offers a critical contribution to the debate on a problematic 'type' of injecting drug use referred to as needle fixation. At the heart of this debate, is a questioning of the existence, prevalence and usefulness of the needle fixation c... Read More about Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation.