2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.028
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Health-damaging policing practices among persons who inject drugs in Mexico: Are deported migrants at greater risk?

Abstract: Background Evidence-based public health and criminal justice policies aimed at addressing the structurally vulnerable population of persons who inject drugs (PWID) and who are involved in the immigrant enforcement and deportation system are lacking. Policing practices are critical structural determinants of HIV among PWID and PWID in Mexico who have been deported from the US are at elevated risk of HIV. Methods From 2011–2013, 733 PWID were recruited to complete structured questionnaires, including past 6-mo… Show more

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“…For example, in Vancouver, a well-established community of people who inject drugs is largely located in one geographic area (the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood) [46]. In contrast, Tijuana is characterised by high cross-border migration [47,48] and deportation in particular [49], along with high intraurban mobility and police intervention [50], which is disruptive to the formation and maintenance of social networks and may therefore impede the ability of people who inject drugs to develop and maintain lasting social networks, within which injection initiation assistance could occur [51,52].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…For example, in Vancouver, a well-established community of people who inject drugs is largely located in one geographic area (the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood) [46]. In contrast, Tijuana is characterised by high cross-border migration [47,48] and deportation in particular [49], along with high intraurban mobility and police intervention [50], which is disruptive to the formation and maintenance of social networks and may therefore impede the ability of people who inject drugs to develop and maintain lasting social networks, within which injection initiation assistance could occur [51,52].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%