ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2016
Spatial patterns of arrests, police assault and addiction treatment center locations in Tijuana, Mexico.
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- Drugs, discipline and death: Causes and predictors of mortality among people who inject drugs in Tijuana, 2011-2018.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- The Role of Gender in the Health and Human Rights Practices of Police: The SHIELD Study in Tijuana, Mexico.Health and human rights · 2019Article
- Factors associated with extrajudicial arrest for syringe possession: results of a department-wide survey of municipal police in Tijuana, Mexico.BMC international health and human rights · 2018Article
- Cost of provision of opioid substitution therapy provision in Tijuana, Mexico.Harm reduction journal · 2018Article
- A fragmented code: The moral and structural context for providing assistance with injection drug use initiation in San Diego, USA.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Predictors of injecting cessation among a cohort of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- The law on the streets: Evaluating the impact of Mexico's drug decriminalization reform on drug possession arrests in Tijuana, Mexico.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Non-injection Drug Use and Injection Initiation Assistance among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
- Do law enforcement interactions reduce the initiation of injection drug use? An investigation in three North American settings.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Observational
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Abstract
aimsIn the context of a public health-oriented drug policy reform in Mexico, we assessed the spatial distribution of police encounters among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Tijuana, determined the association between these encounters and the location of addiction treatment centers and explored the association between police encounters and treatment access.
designGeographically weighted regression (GWR) and logistic regression analysis using prospective spatial data from a community-recruited cohort of PWID in Tijuana and official geographical arrest data from the Tijuana Municipal Police Department.
settingTijuana, Mexico.
participantsA total of 608 participants (median age 37; 28.4% female) in the prospective Proyecto El Cuete cohort study recruited between January and December 2011. MEASUREMENTS: We compared the mean distance of police encounters and a randomly distributed set of events to treatment centers. GWR was undertaken to model the spatial relationship between police interactions and treatment centers. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate factors associated with reporting police interactions.
findingsDuring the study period, 27.5% of police encounters occurred within 500 m of treatment centers. The GWR model suggested spatial correlation between encounters and treatment centers (global R(2) = 0.53). Reporting a need for addiction treatment was associated with reporting arrest and police assault [adjusted odds ratio = 2.74, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.25-6.02, P = 0.012].
conclusionsA geospatial analysis suggests that, in Mexico, people who inject drugs are at greater risk of being a victim of police violence if they consider themselves in need of addiction treatment, and their interactions with police appear to be more frequent around treatment centers.
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