Drug Prohibition Violence in Mexico: The Austin Session

Learn what's going on in Mexico from these interesting presentations filmed at the Harm Reduction Conference in Austin, Texas, on November 19, 2010.

Learn what's going on in Mexico from these interesting full length presentations filmed at the Harm Reduction Conference in Austin, Texas, on November 19, 2010.

The HCLU's video advocacy team filmed these presentations on the consequences of the drug war in Mexico, at the Harm Reduction Conference in Austin, Texas, on November 19, 2010.

Border Violence: Mexico, Southwest United States & Drug Policy
by William Martin, from the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX.


Drug Prohibition Violence in Mexico: Historical & Regional Context

by Daniel Robelo, Drug Policy Alliance, Berkeley, CA


Drug Prohibition Violence in Mexico: Harm Reduction to Border People

by Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

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