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The New Drug That Glows in the Palm of Your Hand

Inside a storied Mexico City theater, a photographer exposes an internationally pervasive addiction.

Octavio Hoyos
Dec 12, 2014
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The use of smartphones in Mexico more than doubled in 2012 and grew by another fifty percent in 2013 — a trend that is of course echoed in countries around the globe, both rich and poor.

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