Cost of provision of opioid substitution therapy provision in Tijuana, Mexico

• Main Authors: Jose Luis Burgos (Author), Javier A. Cepeda (Author), James G. Kahn (Author), Maria Luisa Mittal (Author), Emilio Meza (Author), Raúl Rafael Palacios Lazos (Author), Psyché Calderón Vargas (Author), Peter Vickerman (Author), Steffanie A. Strathdee (Author), Natasha K. Martin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mexico recently enacted drug policy reform to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs and mandated that police refer identified substance users to drug treatment. However, the economic implications of drug treatment expansion are uncertain. We estimated the cos...