{"id":9938,"date":"2018-04-26T10:28:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/?p=9938"},"modified":"2022-07-04T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:26:23","slug":"zahras-story-why-families-are-taking-on-kenyas-drug-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/zahras-story-why-families-are-taking-on-kenyas-drug-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahra&#8217;s story: Why families are taking on Kenya&#8217;s drug laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Zahra, a mother from Kenya, who is speaking up against punitive drug policies. The video was produced with the support of Drugreporter.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anyoneschild.org\/\">Anyone\u2019s Child<\/a> is a growing network of families whose lives have been destroyed by the drug war, who speak out for the need to control and regulate drugs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/251324752?color=ffffff&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In this short film, produced by Cara Lavan, a member of the Drugreporter video network, meet Zahra the newest member of Anyone&#8217;s Child Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Zhara is one of a growing movement of families in Kenya speaking out about her sons struggles with drug addiction and describing how Kenya&#8217;s highly punitive drug policy made her family&#8217;s situation worse.<\/p>\n<p>She discusses the extensive stigma around drug use in Kenya and how as a parent of a drug user she felt judged by her community. 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