Please be careful with pharmacy drugs in Cozumel

[mcohen1021]

Thanks for posting that Dave. If it hasn't already been said, this can be said about anything illegal in cozumel (or Mexico)...

Buying grass could run you the same risk and result...

 

[ggunn]

Reason # 1778 that I no longer want to spend my money in the corrupt and unsanitary country of Mexico.

That's a pretty broad brush. Some parts of Mexico are not corrupt and unsanitary, while some parts of the US are both.

 

[ggunn]

Thanks for posting that Dave. If it hasn't already been said, this can be said about anything illegal in cozumel (or Mexico)...

Buying grass could run you the same risk and result...

Legally, yes maybe, but physically (cardiac and respiratory arrest) I doubt it.

 

[Doc Harry]

Americans are the cause of the fentanyl problem in the USA.
If Americans didn't buy cocaine and heroin, the Mexican cartels would be out of business.

 

[gopbroek]

Americans are the cause of the fentanyl problem in the USA.
If Americans didn't buy cocaine and heroin, the Mexican cartels would be out of business.

I am sure the British used the same argument with opium and the Chinese back in the 18th century.

The internal use of illegal drugs in Mexico is an issue as witness by the fact that fentanyl showing up in the street 'pharmacies'. The use of meth has become a very big problem and is growing. The cartels will pedal dope wherever they can and will create markets for their products.

https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/mexican-cartels-created-generation-of-drug-addicts-in-border-cities-like-tijuana-expert-says/

 

[lexvil]

It’s mostly the boarder area of Mexico/US or any place with a high concentration of Americanos or so it seems, in Puerto Vallarta at the moment, feels perfectly safe, no less so than in my small red neck town and in retrospect I probably run a greater risk at home than here.

 

[Catito]

Tramadol is an opioid as well.
red flag to me is someone looking for a Percocet to treat a migraine… I think there is more to the story. If you are looking for a narcotic on the street, there is a lot higher change of ending up in trouble…

Captain “obvious”.

Yes. I have never heard of Percocet for a migraine. Nothing against the diver. Perhaps treating for something else (other pain).

Fentanyl is a real killer in Florida. Teenagers and kids in their 20s are dying because of ingesting it unknowingly while doing other drugs. Terrible stuff.

 

[Doc Harry]

The internal use of illegal drugs in Mexico is an issue...

Food for thought...

Cannabis Use Prevalence Rate
Mexico 1.2%
USA 13.7%

Opioid Abuse Prevalence Rate
Mexico 0.1%
USA 2%

Morphine Milligram Equivalents Consumed Per Day Per 1,000 Inhabitants
Mexico Less than 50
USA Greater than 1,100

 

[ggunn]

Food for thought...

Cannabis Use Prevalence Rate
Mexico 1.2%
USA 13.7%

Opioid Abuse Prevalence Rate
Mexico 0.1%
USA 2%

Morphine Milligram Equivalents Consumed Per Day Per 1,000 Inhabitants
Mexico Less than 50
USA Greater than 1,100

Where did you get those numbers? IMO whenever we post statistics we should show where they come from; some sources of such information are more reliable than others.

 

[wnissen]

Where did you get those numbers? IMO whenever we post statistics we should show where they come from; some sources of such information are more reliable than others.

I agree with the sentiment but US opioid consumption is extremely high compared to the rest of the world. Mexico is a rounding error.

Global consumption of prescription opioid analgesics between 2009-2019: a country-level observational study

See Figure 1. US consumption per capita of prescription opoiods is the third highest in the entire world. Mexico is one of the lowest.