The War on Drugs in Mexico - Is There an Alternative?


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Creator: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
Issue: drug policy, access to justice
Contact: István Gábor Takács, Stefania Kapronczay takacsistvan@tasz.hu; kapronczay.stefania@tasz.hu

Description: The HCLU's video advocacy team travelled to Mexico in 2010 to film about the negative consequences of the war on drugs campaign that has been launched by President Felipe Calderon in 2006. When we first entered the country the number of people killed in the war approached 40.000. Today, the death toll is approximately 60.000. With the help of a like-minded local NGO, Espolea, we interviewed several politicians, professionals and activists to find out why so many people had to die: were they the necessary costs of an unescapable but winnebale war, as many decision makers say, or the victims of a failed policy?

Country: Mexico
Population: People Who Use Drugs
Issue: Access to Justice, Regulation Policies
Length: > 30 Minutes
Language (Spoken): English, Spanish
Language (Subtitles): English, Spanish

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