Pharmacy

Walk down any main street in Cancun’s Hotel Zone, and you’ll see them everywhere: small, brightly lit pharmacies promising easy access to medications when you need them. It’s a sight that sparks a massive debate on travel forums like Reddit, with countless visitors asking the same questions: Which pharmacies are safest? And is it safe …

A worrying situation has dominated the headlines of Spanish-language news outlets across Mexico in the past few weeks. It has been reported that the number of counterfeit, cloned, and expired pharmaceuticals being sold over the counter at pharmacies, including in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean, has doubled since the pandemic. There are estimations now that …