In the realm of healthcare, detrimental, non-therapeutic drug use has often been deemed as an undesirable behaviour, and labeled drug abuse by society. As such, healthcare professionals are more than eager to help clients leave it behind."Why would you do drugs?" is a common question from professionals. Stemming from my reaction to the possibility of the closure of Insite, Vancouver's supervised drug injection site (see sidebar), this paper explores the response to this question from an occupational perspective. Occupational science seeks to understand the significance of occupation in the lives of individuals and its relationship to health and well-being (Carlson & Clark, 1991; ...

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