Tired of Being Mild

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No resources were provided to injectors with HCV (Hepatitis Virus). Instead they received a slew of detailed technical information about the micro injection practices through with they had infected themselves. This kind of knowledge based intervention reflects the historical turn public health has taken under neoliberalism. Rather than investing in structural interventions to protect the health of its citizens, the state frames health as the individual’s moral responsibility to choose a lifestyle that avoids risk.