First reports of illegal fentanyl sales in Peru: the beginning of a crisis?

Alvarez-Risco, Aldo and Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla and Davies, Neal M. and Huamán-Pastorelli, Sandra and Yáñez, Jaime A. UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, jaime.yanez@unini.edu.mx (2025) First reports of illegal fentanyl sales in Peru: the beginning of a crisis? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. ISSN 1664-0640

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Abstract

The 2021 report Opioids and New Psychoactive Substances in Peru, using a quantitative and qualitative analysis, revealed that 70.5% of respondents found it easy or very easy to access substances for abuse in Peru. The recent emergence of fentanyl has raised significant concerns among health and public safety officials. Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid responsible for severe addiction and a high mortality rate in the United States, now poses a similar threat in Peru. Being up to 100 times more potent than morphine, fentanyl has become a leading cause of overdose deaths in North America, and its presence in Peru could signal the start of a comparable crisis.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Subjects > Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Sr Bibliotecario
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2025 12:41
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 12:41
URI:	http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/17828

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