Villatoro VJA, Gutiérrez LML, Quiroz VN, Moreno LM, Gaytán LL, Gaytán FlFI, Buenabad NA, Medina-Mora Icaza ME

Language: Spanish
References: 13
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ABSTRACT

Since three years from now, in Mexico there has been several surveys and specific research regarding drug use. Over these years the national surveillance systems databases (SISVEA, CIJ) have shown that cocaine use has stabilized and marijuana use is still increasing, although there are some regional differences. Also, the results of the 2003 Mexico City Students’ Survey revealed a similar inclination: an increase on marijuana use, a slight diminish on cocaine use and as a new stage: a rebound on inhalant use. However, these changes and trends on drug use are not the same all over the country. The results found in these databases suggest that the northern border behaves differently from the rest of the country, even all along the northern border itself. While drug use in Matamoros is lower than in other border cities, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Ciudad Juarez registered high cocaine and heroin use. On the other hand, even though the border cities of Sonora and Baja California have these same drug use problems, they also show high rates of methamphetamine use. Another important issue on border cities is that Ciudad Juarez has reached Tijuana´s use levels, mainly among teens between 12 and 17 years old. These two cities have the highest substance use levels in the country, even above Mexico City. On the central region of the country, the drug use rates are halfway between. Even though Mexico City’s drug use levels are among the central region and the two border cities mentioned before, in all the states that have been studied, there’s been a general significant increase in drug use. In southern states, especially Yucatan (where there’s a household and a students’ survey), the drug rates are the lowest in the country. However, the women’s drug use rates keeps increasing. Specifically the 2003 students’ survey showed that in some Mexico City’s counties women have higher alcohol and tobacco prevalence, and their illegal drug use trends begin to be alike to men’s illegal drug use trends.

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