Disparities in justice and care: persons with severe mental illnesses in the U.S. immigration detention system.

As the total number of persons held within the U.S. immigration detention system has grown, the number of detained persons with severe mental illnesses has grown correspondingly.

Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San Francisco.

Objectives: We sought to identify prevalence and predictors of heroin-related overdose among young injection drug users (IDU).

Methods: A total of 795 IDU under age of 30 years were interviewed in four neighbourhoods in San Francisco, California, USA. Participants were recruited as part of a broader study of HIV, hepatitis B and C among injecting drug users in San Francisco using street outreach and snowball techniques.

Witnessing heroin-related overdoses: the experiences of young injectors in San Francisco.

Aims: Assessment of young injectors' exposure and response to others' heroin-related overdose.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: San Francisco, CA, United States.