Tijuana White

Drogas, cultura y desesperanza en tiempos del fentanilo

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ID21474547
AuthorsRafael Alarcón-Medina (0000-0001-9531-9863, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), Jaime Adrian Rivas Valenzuela (0009-0004-0687-0549, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California)
Year2025
Volume37
Publication date2025-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontera Norte (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0187-7372 • E-ISSN: 2594-0260
PublisherEl Colegio de la Frontera Norte A.C. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2426
OpenAlexW4409219896
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This paper addresses the relationships between drugs and culture in the fentanyl era in the city of Tijuana, on Mexico’s northern border, based on a review of newspapers, an analysis of governmental videos on addiction prevention, and ethnographic material. Drawing on the work of Michel Aglietta and others, we propose the existence of an addiction regime that (re)produces discourses on substance use and its institutional treatment, generating a contentious language regulating the forms of signification around drugs, and the diverse fashions in which the state manages populations involved in the drug economy, particularly in social contexts where structural conditions of despair prevail

Biology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Psychedelics and Drug Studies

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