The National Commission of Mental Health and Addictions of Mexico (CONASAMA) has published two treatment guides for problematic drug use developed together with the COPOLAD III, the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperation Programme on Drugs
The first of the guides is aimed at the LGTBIQ+ group. Non-discrimination is one of the fundamental principles of the European Union and one of its lines of action, both within and outside the EU. The publication aims to be a tool that serves to inform, support and guide people working with sexual diversity communities in Mexico who use psychoactive substances.
People who are part of sexual diversity in Mexico have historically seen their rights violated and suffered stigmatisation. Care for this population is fundamental to reduce inequality gaps and improve the quality of care. It is also one of the strategies to improve the quality of care and its adaptation to the specific needs of sexual diversity.
Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Guidance
Between 2013 and 2020, the number of people receiving treatment for problematic methamphetamine use increased by 218% in Mexico. On the other hand, fentanyl is up to fifty times more potent than heroin, so fatal poisonings have increased in recent years, representing a serious crisis in the United States and Canada, where demand for opioids is significant. The influence of the substance use patterns of these two countries is so present in Mexico that, although on a much smaller scale and limited to the border region, phenomena linked to the fentanyl overdose crisis are detected, including substance adulteration, intoxications and deaths.
The guides are intended to serve as a guide so that institutions providing health and social services, authorities, community and civil society organisations and interested individuals have access to tools to improve the problem and care of methamphetamine and fentanyl use. Both publications were presented in Mexico on 25 and 27 June 2024 with the participation of various EU authorities, CONASAMA and institutions involved in the issue, and will be accompanied by Toolkits to make them more operational in different contexts.
(Only in Spanish)
Download guide sexuaL diversity
Download guide of menhamphetamine and fentanyl use
Descargar Toolkit Metanfetamina y Fentanilo