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- Title
Narkotikapolitikk i endring: Heroinklinikkenes oppkomst i Norge.
- Authors
Ellefsen, Rune
- Abstract
The use of heroin in treatment of people with opioid addiction is new in Norway. The heroin clinics marks a clear break with the drug policy and treatment of the last decades. This article describes the changes in state authorities' understanding of the "drug problem" and how it should be managed, where the heroin clinics are explored as a manifestation of this transformative shift. To explain why and how the controversial heroin clinics came about, a two-fold analysis is presented: of ideological changes in drug policy from the 1960s to the present day, and of the political debate about the heroin clinics that started to gain momentum from 2007. Analysis shows how ideological changes in the drug policy field substantially paved the way for the later political processes that culminated with the establishment of heroin clinics in Norway. Here, three separate understandings of the drug problem that have existed throughout the 60-year period are identified, and the three competing approaches to heroin clinics that became visible in the political debate are outlined. By discussing the coincidence between these understandings and perspectives over time, this article seeks to explain the emergence of heroin clinics within the broader context of drug policy development.
- Subjects
NORWAY; PHARMACEUTICAL policy; OPIOID abuse; POLITICAL debates; TIME perspective; PEOPLE with addiction
- Publication
Nordic Studies on Alcohol & Drugs / Nordisk Alkohol- & Narkotikatidskrift, 2024, Vol 41, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
1455-0725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/14550725231207251