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salud publica mex 2018; 60 (4)

Drug use on both sides of the US-Mexico border

Borges G, Zemore SE, Orozco R, Cherpitel CJ, Martínez P, Wallisch L

Language: English
References: 44
Page: 451-461
PDF size: 306.02 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective. To compare drug use for cities along the USMexico border. Materials and methods. Data are from the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC, 2011-2013), a survey of 4 796 randomly selected Mexican and of Mexican origin individuals on both sides of the border. Results. Higher rates of any past-year drug use and symptoms of drug use disorders were found only in the border city of Laredo, when compared to the non-border city of San Antonio. Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa/Matamoros showed higher rates of drug use than the non-border city of Monterrey. Much higher rates (OR’s in the range of 4-11) were found in the US cities when compared to their acrossthe- border Mexican counterparts. Conclusions. Drug use is high on the border for the selected Mexican cities. Misuse of prescription drugs is nevertheless a concern in the south Texas border cities in our study.


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