Implementing a decentralized opioid overdose prevention strategy in Mexico, a pending public policy issue

• Main Authors: Raúl Bejarano Romero (Author), Jaime Arredondo Sánchez-Lira (Author), Said Slim Pasaran (Author), Alfonso Chávez Rivera (Author), Lourdes Angulo Corral (Author), Anabel Salimian (Author), Jorge J. Romero Vadilllo (Author), David Goodman-Meza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: The public health crisis due to opioid overdose is worsening in Mexico's northern region due to the introduction of illicitly manufactured fentanyl into the local drug supply. Though there is an increase in overdose deaths, there is no accurate report of overdoses by Mexican government...