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Naucalpan, Mexico.- Associations of parents of schools in the Valley of Mexico are concerned about the increase of viral challenges with the consumption of controlled drugs such as clonazepam, which when used without medical prescription, can cause severe and irreversible damage to the health of those who ingest them without the supervision of a health professional.
"The one who falls asleep last wins", is the title of the viral challenge that has gained the participation of minors, mainly from high schools, causing alarm and concern among parents' associations, which together with school directors urge students to avoid this dangerous practice that includes the consumption of clonazepam, which caused a risk warning from the Comisión Federal de Prevención de Riesgos Sanitarios (Cofepris).
On January 23, 2023, Cofepris issued a health alert to warn the general population, mainly parents and school principals, about the risk of the "whoever falls asleep last wins" challenge, which has become popular among children and adolescents, which consists of consuming controlled sleep-inducing drugs, including clonazepam.
So far we know of parents' associations in Nicolas Romero, Naucalpan, Tlalnepantla, which have already had approaches with high school principals, to express their concern about the viral challenge