The effect of public health-oriented drug law reform on HIV incidence in people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico: an epidemic modelling study

• Main Authors: Annick Borquez, PhD (Author), Leo Beletsky, JD (Author), Bohdan Nosyk, PhD (Author), Steffanie A Strathdee, ProfPhD (Author), Alejandro Madrazo, ProfJSD (Author), Daniela Abramovitz, MS (Author), Claudia Rafful, PhD (Author), Mario Morales, MA (Author), Javier Cepeda, PhD (Author), Dimitra Panagiotoglou, PhD (Author), Emanuel Krebs, MA (Author), Peter Vickerman, ProfDPhil (Author), Marie Claude Boily, ProfPhD (Author), Nicholas Thomson, PhD (Author), Natasha K Martin, DPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: As countries embark on public health-oriented drug law reform, health impact evaluations are needed. In 2012, Mexico mandated the narcomenudeo reform, which depenalised the possession of small amounts of drugs and instituted drug treatment instead of incarceration. We investigat...