Salud Mental

UNGASS 2016 five years later: A perspective from Mexico

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María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza
Raúl Martin del Campo Sánchez
Jorge A. Villatoro Velázquez

Abstract

In April 2016, at the 30th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, heads of state and government, together with ministers and representatives of the member states, convened to review progress in the implementation of the “Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation in Favor of a Comprehensive and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem” (Oficina de las Naciones Unidas Contra la Droga y el Delito [UNODC], 2016).

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