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news Zeta Tijuana 2026-05-08

Organizations Demand Naloxone Declassification Amid Northern Border Overdose Crisis

Civil organizations are urging for naloxone to be declassified and its access expanded along Mexico's northern border due to the opioid overdose crisis. They have reversed approximately 900 overdoses using naloxona in the last two years.


Señalaron que en los últimos dos años han revertido alrededor de 900 sobredosis con naloxona y advirtieron que el acceso limitado al medicamento pone en riesgo a personas consumidoras de opioides en la frontera norte. <p>Ante la crisis de consumo de opioides en la región fronteriza, organizaciones civiles llamaron a atender las iniciativas de ley para desclasificar la naloxona y ampliar el acceso al medicamento utilizado para revertir sobredosis. Las propuestas fueron presentadas ante el Congres...

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