The figures do not reveal a victory in the war against drugs.
In four years between 2002 and 2006, the number of addicted to illegal drugs in Mexico increased 50 percent.
According to the National Addiction Survey 2008, in the same period the number who have ever used drugs increased 30 percent, also one of the most worrying is the high availability of narcotics to teenagers, because 43 per percent of young people between 12 and 25 are exposed.
The survey revealed that half of these women consume on an experimental basis, 13 percent on a frequent basis, and two percent of men and 1.2 women reach levels of dependency.
But about the numbers, something must be done. Academic
UNAM, for example, work on generating new models of prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors to reduce the consumption of snuff, alcohol and drugs.
To address these alarming numbers, academics and students from various schools and institutions of the UNAM in collaboration with other agencies such as the National Institute of Psychiatry, working in the mega-project development of new models for the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors. Laureano Martinez
Hayashi, professor at the Faculty of Economics (FE) and member of the larger project, said the idea is to present to the university community models that help address this problem and see the possibility of having sufficient resources to establish clinics and areas where they can be addressed.
But he said that the research "Economic Assessment of addictive behaviors," the most important thing is prevention, guiding young people to realize risk permanent awareness campaigns and provide a healthier lifestyle through sports and cultural activities.
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