In Juárez, a Militarized Border Makes Drug Use More Deadly
Growing security deployments pose unique challenges for harm reduction groups.
As healthcare workers approach makeshift shelters in Ciudad Juárez, people prepare to exchange used syringes for clean ones, and receive packets of distilled water to safely cook heroin.
Workers from Programa Compañeros, a nonprofit, have built relationships with heroin users in Juárez's picaderos, providing supplies and assistance to vulnerable populations.
They prepare their kits in anticipation of the small packets of distilled water in which they can more safely cook heroin.
This story is a collaboration between Puente News Collaborative and the Texas Observer.
Author's summary: Militarized border increases drug use risks in Juárez.
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