They serve more than 1,700 in CIJ

Data such as that in 2023, 20 thousand more people were served than in 2022 at the Youth Integration Center, and that marijuana is the most widely consumed illegal drug, and that the bulk of the patients are in a range of The 13 to 17 year olds were presented by Cecilia Martínez, director of the CIJ Torreón, who gave her second activity report.

With the presence of authorities such as Gerardo Márquez, Attorney General of Coahuila; Flor Rentería, Coordinator of Educational Services in the Laguna region; Margarito Nava, President of the Board of Trustees, and Jorge Mario Galván Zermeño, Director of Municipal Health, representing Mayor Román Alberto Cepeda, the official event was held at the Center.

For Martínez, 2023 was a challenging year on the issue of fentanyl, however, he said, at the moment there have been no cases of consumption at the CIJ Torreón, although the staff is already preparing for its arrival.

“In 2023, we were able to serve 104,000 people, which is 20,000 more than in 2022; 2023 was a very challenging year with the issue of fentanyl, a new drug that, although it has not yet reached our treatment center, Still, we are greatly reinforcing prevention actions.”

He also said that last year 1,700 people and their families were treated for consumption issues. With 41 percent, patients between 13 and 17 years old are in first place in care, while with 13 percent patients between 18 and 25 years old and with 12 percent patients between 26 and 34 years old. .

Alcohol and tobacco are the drugs most commonly consumed by patients, followed by marijuana with 56 percent, followed by crystal meth with 54 percent, and cocaine in third place with 13 percent.

“The issue of prevention was more people served, but the issue of treatment also at distance or range was 10 percent more than last year, but the increase in demand for treatment has to do precisely with preventive services among The more people know, the more they know everything we do, the closer they get to the treatment and that is also an achievement for the center,” said the director.

80 percent of preventive work is done in the school sector, so teachers are the most trained to better detect drug use among students.

“5 percent is in the labor sector, another 5 percent in the community sector and 10 percent in the hospital sector; all spaces where we know that the issue of drug consumption is present, we are working there.

And he mentioned that one of the most important achievements of 2023 was the work with the labor sector, “with companies since compared to 2022, we did not even reach a thousand people served and by 2023, we reached 5 thousand workers attended to,” he highlighted in his second report.

In addition, he mentioned that mental health care has also been on the rise, even with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, 185 consultations were for depression; 107 for anxiety; 13 for self-harm; for behavioral problems; 18 and for attempted suicide two consultations at the end of last year.