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I guess that you missed this...
I've forgotten to take medicine with me on a trip to Cozumel and was glad to find it in a drug store there, but knew not to visit the little ones near the plaza.
Just so you know that she was not "buying drugs OTC or illicitly ."
Last week one of our guests at the Villa Aldora experienced a serious migraine headache, and searched several downtown, street front stores where she was able to buy some illegal but properly marked Percocet. When back to the Villa, took one and within one hour she stopped breathing and no heartbeat was detected.
CVS and Walgreens do not operate on the island so many don't know how to look for the safest pharmacies.
It's a known problem, but not universally known. Many do not pay attention to problems with illicit drugs because those are not part of their usual lives. I know a little, but not much.
It sounds like she bought the medication from the pharmacy/pharmacist without a prescription, that sounds like over the counter. Apparently, it was labeled as Percocet (generic, oxycodone + acetominophen), actual contents unknown. From at least one source, it appears that oxycodone may be available OTC and would be legal in Mexico.
You are mistaken sir, Mexico has nothing to do with the Fentanyl problem, AMLO has decreed it.
