Mexico's drug policy reform: cutting edge success or crisis in the making?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.
² Instituto Nacional De Psiquiatria, Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; Northeastern University School of Law & Bouve College of Health Sciences, Boston, United States.
⁴ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States.
⁵ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, United States.
⁶ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States. Electronic address: sstrathdee@ucsd.edu.

Editorial

Dan Werb et al. Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;25(5):823-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

¹ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.
² Instituto Nacional De Psiquiatria, Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; Northeastern University School of Law & Bouve College of Health Sciences, Boston, United States.
⁴ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States.
⁵ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, United States.
⁶ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States. Electronic address: sstrathdee@ucsd.edu.

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