Fentanyl use is on the rise in northern Mexico, especially in border areas like Mexicali. With limited access to life-saving medication such as naloxone — a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses — one harm reduction group has taken matters into its own hands. They’re smuggling the medication from the United States to save lives.
Al Jazeera’s Julia Galiano reports from Mexicali.
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