Kidnappings and Overdoses: Mexico's Lost Drug Users Remembered on Day of the Dead
Syringes and tiny, empty bottles of naloxone, a life-saving medicine used to reverse opioid overdoses, littered a traditional Day of the Dead altar on a street in the dusty border town of Mexicali this week. The customary orange flowers, sweet bread, and brightly colored paper stencils surrounded the drug paraphernalia. Local drug users, many of them homeless, filed by to pay their respects.