US EditionThe New Reality of Addictions in Mexico
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Mexico City.- After nine years without measurement (the latest National Survey of Drug Use, Alcohol and Tobacco – ENCODAT – was carried out in 2016), the federal government again carried out an official X-ray on addictions and mental health. The survey allows two readings: that of absolute percentages—which serves to affirm that Mexico does not live a massive consumption—and that of growth rates, which show where the risks are moving. As for alc…
The National Survey of Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption (Encodat) 2025, presented on December 23 by David Kershenobich, head of the Ministry of Health, provides recent evidence on the consumption of substances in the Mexican population aged 12 to 65 years in the framework of the Strategy for Peace and Against Addictions. Its results show that, although institutionalized consumption patterns persist, dynamics among demographic groups change …
Non-medical use of fentanyl was reduced from 0.2 to 0.1 percent, while in adolescents the use of illegal drugs decreased from 6.2% in 2016 to 4.1% in 2025 The head of the Federal Executive announced that the next preventive campaign on drug use will be focused on methamphetamines. [...] The entry Government of Mexico presents the results of ENCODAT 2025 aparece primero en LJA.MX Noticias México.
Drug abuse increased in Mexico from 1.3% in 2016 to 2.5% in 2025, while opioid use rose from 0.1 to 1.4%, according to the first findings of the National Survey of Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption 2025. This was presented on Tuesday at the morning conference by Health Secretary David Kershenobich, after Mexico had no data on consumption since 2017, when the results of the latest survey were made public.
Although there is a reduction in the use of some drugs in adolescents, contrary to what happens with adults – in cannabis, hallucinogens and amphetamines-, in minors there is a greater tendency to suicide, reveals the National Survey of Drug Use, Alcohol and Tobacco 2025 (Encodat). At the morning press conference in Palacio Nacional the study was presented and, in this regard, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the campaign started last six y…
In a context marked by the global crisis of synthetic drugs, Mexico recorded a decrease in the non-medical use of fentanyl and a reduction in the use of illegal drugs among adolescents, according to the results of the National Survey on the Use of Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco (Encodat) 2025. The study reveals that the non-medical use of fentanyl increased from 0.2 to 0.1 percent, while the experimental use of illegal drugs among adolescents decrea…
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