(Dealing with) illegal drugs and unwanted land-use: a socially inclusive future planning imagination for drug consumption rooms

Philip Boland*, Tristan Sturm, Gillian Shorter

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Abstract

This article discusses shifts in planning education. In particular, it highlights the future role of planners in the location of Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs). The UK’s experiment with DCRs raises an important question for planning education and professional practice: are future planners adequately equipped to deal with the ‘frontier politics’, stakeholder reactions and community views towards DCRs? This article reveals this is not the case, and suggests practical, structural changes to UK planning education to create a more socially inclusive planning imagination that engages effectively with illegal drugs and harm reduction interventions, and how the ‘illegal’ should be planned for.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Planning Education and Research
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted - 17 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • Illegal drugs
  • Unwanted land-use
  • drug consumption rooms

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