Experiences and perceptions of people who use heroin: public health lessons from Hermosillo, Mexico

• Main Authors: Silvia Magali Cuadra-Hernández (Author), Sergio Salazar-Arriola (Author), Armando Arredondo-López (Author), María Beatriz Duarte-Gómez (Author), Verónica Cuadra-Hernández (Author), Celina Rueda-Neria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Heroin consumption in Mexico is low compared with its use in the United States; however, this practice is more common in the northern region of Mexico than in the rest of the country, being documented only in cities that are located exactly at the Mexico-U.S. border. The Mexican legal fram...