"Pick up anything that moves": a qualitative analysis of a police crackdown against people who use drugs in Tijuana, Mexico

• Main Authors: Mario Morales (Author), Claudia Rafful (Author), Pieter Baker (Author), Jaime Arredondo (Author), Sunyou Kang (Author), Maria L. Mittal (Author), Teresita Rocha-Jiménez (Author), Steffanie A. Strathdee (Author), Leo Beletsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Homeless people who use drugs (PWUD) are often displaced, detained, and/or forced into drug treatment during police crackdowns. Such operations follow a zero-tolerance approach to law enforcement and have a deleterious impact on the health of PWUD. In Mexico, municipal police off...