Assignment:
Write an essay on the following topic:
A medically supervised injecting facility has recently been established, as a two-year trial, in North Richmond, Victoria. The development and subsequent implementation of this policy has taken more than 20 years to be achieved. In this essay, you are required to:
1. Describe the legislation and regulation that enabled the establishment of a medically supervised injecting facility in Victoria.
2. Analyse the development of the medically supervised injecting facility policy in Victoria. In doing this, you need to discuss the following:
o historical development of the policy until its recent implementation;
o describe the international and national evidence (if any) that was used to support the development of this policy;
o summarise the political and social context that impacted on the development of the policy;
o identify the barriers to and enablers of policy development and implementation;
o identify the main actors either supporting or opposing the policy, and discuss their roles, responsibilities, partnerships and interests in supporting/opposing this policy.
3. Identify the financial and human resources made available for implementation, and by whom?
In preparing this essay, you should include:
1. A brief introduction (one paragraph - stating rationale, purpose and structure);
2. A middle section containing the above three tasks (use headings and sub-headings to organise and ‘signpost' your content); and
3. A conclusion (one paragraph - summarising key points and considering future implications).
[Note: The above word count is a guide only; you can vary this according to the nature of the content of your essay. You also need to reserve a few words for an introduction and conclusion].