Active drug users ? struggling for rights and recognition
Authors
J?rgen Anker
Keywords:
Drug users, User organisation, Drug policy, Harm reduction, Collective action, Social welfare movements
Abstract
This paper examines the strategic dilemmas and the self-representation of the Drug Users? Union in Denmark. The paper explores how a group of drug users on the one hand seeks to struggle for the rights of drug users and on the other hand seeks to gain legitimacy and access to public funding and support. It reveals how the organisation attempts to advance a more balanced image of drug users as people who are able to run an effective organisation while they also claim the right to use drugs.
