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Cecilia Farfán

Political Scientist and head of security research programs at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California-San Diego. PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of California. Specialized in issues about drug trafficking and crime in Latin America.

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The border and the other war on drugs

Co-author Jaime Arredondo The pandemic has negatively affected substance users particularly in the U.S.-Mexico border region, where traffickers, wholesale buyers, retailers, and consumers converge.