Mexico City closes 25 addiction treatment centers over safety violations

Authorities in Mexico City have suspended 62 addiction treatment centers and closed 25 during the current administration after finding violations of conditions required for safe care.

The figures appear in the Second Government Report of Clara Brugada. Officials said they conducted more than 1,500 visits to addiction treatment centers across the city’s 16 boroughs. They issued 470 registrations, while applying suspensions and closures when centers failed to meet standards for safe and dignified treatment.

The report also says the administration strengthened protections against tobacco smoke and emissions from vaping products. Health inspectors carried out 508 verification visits and destroyed nearly 56,000 vaping products in Mexico City.

Officials issued more than 24,000 training certificates and granted 272 recognitions to accredited public and private institutions designated as spaces completely free of tobacco smoke and emissions. The report says mental health has become an essential part of the right to health and well-being.

As part of that approach, the Institute for the Care and Prevention of Addictions was transformed in July into the Institute for Mental Health and Addictions.