Objective. To compare drug use for cities along the USMexico border. Materials and methods. Data are from the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC, 2011-2013), a survey of 4 796 randomly selected Mexican and of Mexican origin individuals on both sides of the border. Results. Higher rates of any past-year drug use and symptoms of drug use disorders were found only in the border city of Laredo, when compared to the non-border city of San Antonio. Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa/Matamoros showed higher rates of drug use than the non-border city of Monterrey. Much higher rates (OR's in the range of 4-11) were found in the US cities when compared to their acrossthe- border Mexican counterparts. Conclusions. Drug use is high on the border for the selected Mexican cities. Misuse of prescription drugs is nevertheless a concern in the south Texas border cities in our study.
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Borges, G., Zemore, S. E., Orozco, R., Cherpitel, C. J., Martínez, P., & Wallisch, L. (2018). Drug use on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Salud Publica de Mexico, 60(4), 451–461. https://doi.org/10.21149/8603
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