2025
Reimagining subjectivities in place: Necropolitical logics of safer supply and housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Fleming T, Boyd J, McNeil R. Reimagining subjectivities in place: Necropolitical logics of safer supply and housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 372: 117930. PMID: 40088666, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVancouver's Downtown EastsideSocial sufferingDowntown EastsideSocio-spatial contextSocial structural forcesConcept of necropoliticsHousing environmentOverdose crisisNecropolitical logicReimagine subjectivityQualitative interviewsParticipants' narrativesTransformative potentialHousingIllicit drugsEastsidePeoplePrecarious healthCrisisVancouverOverdose deathsContextPrescription alternativesNecropoliticsReduce overdose deaths
2024
‘It just doesn't stop’: Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Speed K, McNeil R, Hayashi K, Maher L, Boyd J. ‘It just doesn't stop’: Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Drug And Alcohol Review 2024, 44: 602-612. PMID: 39703005, PMCID: PMC11813672, DOI: 10.1111/dar.13996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGender violenceSocio-economic marginalisationOverdose crisisDrug supplyPerspective of womenViolence frameworkExacerbate harmStructural driversSemi-structured interviewsViolenceCOVID-19 pandemicRisk of overdoseSocial distancing guidelinesReduced opportunitiesCrisisCOVID-19Health crisisOverdose riskWomenDistancing guidelinesIndividualised approachPublic health guidanceIncreasing overdoseHarmCOVID-19 environment
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