Fentanyl use and overdose deaths have lengthy plagued america, however now Mexico is seeing a spike in overdoses from this potent opioid, with communities alongside the US-Mexico border being hit notably laborious. Whereas the Mexican authorities nonetheless denies opioid use as an issue, those that endure from dependancy are dealing with stigma and a scarcity of public well being assist. The large query is: what’s being carried out to sort out the problem in Mexico?
On this episode:
Alicia Fàbregas, journalist based mostly in Tijuana, Mexico and Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira, Analysis affiliate with Prevencasa
Episode credit:
This episode was produced by Fahrinisa Campana with Chloe Ok. Li, and our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of viewers improvement and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera AlDosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s government producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
