{"id":6627,"date":"2013-03-11T08:12:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T08:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-there-an-alternative\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:26:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:26:34","slug":"the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-there-an-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-there-an-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"The War on Drugs in Mexico: Is There an Alternative?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our latest movie provides an insight to the war on drugs in Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The War on Drugs in Mexico - Is There an Alternative?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvLyefhtPKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The HCLU\u2019s video advocacy team travelled to Mexico in 2010 to film about the negative consequences of the war on drugs campaign launched by President Felipe Calderon in 2006. 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