TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving police conceptual knowledge of Mexico's law on cannabis possession
T2 - Findings from an assessment of a police education program
AU - Mittal, Maria L.
AU - Artamonova, Irina
AU - Baker, Pieter
AU - Strathdee, Steffanie A.
AU - Cepeda, Javier
AU - Bañuelos, Arnulfo
AU - Morales, Mario
AU - Arredondo, Jaime
AU - Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita
AU - Clairgue, Erika
AU - Bustamante, Elaine
AU - Patiño, Efrain
AU - Gaines, Tommi
AU - Beletsky, Leo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Open Society Foundations Latin America Program (grant numbers OR2013-11352 & OR2014-18327), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant number R01DA039073 [MPIs: Strathdee & Beletsky]), T32DA023356 (Mittal), the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (Award Numbers D43TW008633 [AITRP: Mittal, Patiño, Arredondo, Rocha and Strathdee] & R25TW009343 [GloCal: Mittal & Cepeda]]), and the UCSD Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) (International Pilot Grant NIAID 5P30AI036214 [PIs: Magis-Rodríguez & Beletsky]).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Background and Objectives: Policing practices do not reflect recent decriminalization of drug possession in Mexico. We assessed knowledge of cannabis law as part of a police education program (PEP) post-drug law reform in Tijuana. Methods: Officers took pre-/post-PEP surveys; random subsample (n = 759) received follow-up assessments. Longitudinal logistic regression (pre-, post-, 3-months post-PEP) measured knowledge of cannabis law. Results: PEP increased conceptual knowledge of cannabis law from baseline to post-training (AOR = 56.1, CI: 41.0–76.8) and 3 months post-PEP (AOR = 11.3, CI: 9.0–14.2). Conclusion and Scientific Significance: PEPs improve police knowledge of cannabis law. Reforms should be bundled with PEPs to improve policy implementation. (Am J Addict 2018;XX:XX–XX).
AB - Background and Objectives: Policing practices do not reflect recent decriminalization of drug possession in Mexico. We assessed knowledge of cannabis law as part of a police education program (PEP) post-drug law reform in Tijuana. Methods: Officers took pre-/post-PEP surveys; random subsample (n = 759) received follow-up assessments. Longitudinal logistic regression (pre-, post-, 3-months post-PEP) measured knowledge of cannabis law. Results: PEP increased conceptual knowledge of cannabis law from baseline to post-training (AOR = 56.1, CI: 41.0–76.8) and 3 months post-PEP (AOR = 11.3, CI: 9.0–14.2). Conclusion and Scientific Significance: PEPs improve police knowledge of cannabis law. Reforms should be bundled with PEPs to improve policy implementation. (Am J Addict 2018;XX:XX–XX).
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U2 - 10.1111/ajad.12827
DO - 10.1111/ajad.12827
M3 - Article
C2 - 30516331
AN - SCOPUS:85058943579
VL - 27
SP - 608
EP - 611
JO - American Journal on Addictions
JF - American Journal on Addictions
SN - 1055-0496
IS - 8
ER -