Mexico City, CDMX: Campaign on Drug Production and it’s Effects Has Been Launched

The federal government launched a campaign to combat the consumption of synthetic drugs, as part of the strategy to pacify the country.

After counting all the well-being programs of his Administration, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that his Government addresses the causes of insecurity, guiding and giving options to young people, without "silence pacts" or hiding reality.

"In the case of drug use," he said, "we need to stop the increase in consumption because if this doesn’t succeed, it will be difficult or it will be more complicated to guarantee peace and tranquility." One hundred of those who lose their lives daily, of those killed in clashes, are shown to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but mainly drugs. "In his morning press conference, López Obrador presented a video that will begin to spread as part of this new campaign, aimed at informing about "the truth of the world of drugs".

"We can now say that there is awareness for young people, because there are options for them to work, so that they can be trained, so they can study, so they can be happy without drugs, because it’s time to show, even with all the crudeness, how drugs harm them and what drugs are made of, "he said.

"These are issues that aren’t known, issues considered taboo, it was a kind of collective complicity not to speak, not to report on this issue, then we will start with a direct campaign on what this subworld of sacrifices, of pain really means, this bitter reality. "

The video presented includes images about the production and effects of drugs.

According to the President, these are "strong images", as they show some of the effects that these substances have on people's health.

In his presentation, the President attributed to this growing consumption of drugs the crimes so "ruthless" that have occurred in the country.

"We need to make it clear that drugs, especially current drugs, chemical drugs, destroy. And what’s seen on television, in the narco series isn’t true. I clarify, we will be respectful, there will be no censorship, but that’s an idyllic world that has nothing to do with reality, the world of residences, beautiful boys and girls, clothing brands, luxury cars, that doesn’t exist.

"The truth is that those who are involved in these illicit activities lives in the backwoods and that isn’t a life worth living, but still the worst is the suffering produced by drugs," he added. López Obrador warned that this life of drug trafficking and use translates into the destruction of families.

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