MEXICO-US-DRUGS-FENTANYL

The director of Verter Community Center, Said Slim, tests a sample looking for fentanyl positive over a heroin dosis, at La Sala, a safe space for women using drugs at Verter in Mexicali, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 9, 2023. Following the discovery that heroin is being cut with fentanyl, an opioid that lurks as a global threat, ONG Verter created La Sala, a safe place for vulnerable heroin users in Mexicali -in the Mexico-US border- to consume and avoid overdose. (Photo by Guillermo ARIAS / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)