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Mexico City Launches Harm-Reduction Drug Program With 100 Colibrí Centers and a Toxicology Hospital

The shift to a public-health model emphasizes prevention, care and risk reduction.

Overview

  • Mayor Clara Brugada presented an integrated strategy to address psychoactive substance use that seeks to avoid criminalization and stigma.
  • Plans include 100 Centros Colibrí, with 16 starting this year within Utopías and 11 already operating in Iztapalapa, with the remainder built over the six-year term.
  • A new toxicological hospital will be developed in coordination with the federal government, and both it and a Transition and Recovery Center remain in site selection.
  • The prevention pillar, Vida Plena, has operated since March, reporting 250,000 people served in its first 100 days toward a goal of one million beneficiaries.
  • Officials cited local data showing high lifetime consumption, an average initiation age of 17, and about 8,500 alcohol-related medical emergencies annually to justify the public-health approach.