drugs, even some of them, is not an option up for consideration. over three months in 2011, the state department, the us embassy in mexico city, the us office of national drug control policy the dea and the office of the united states trade representative all declined to be interviewed for this report. over those same three months, some 600 people were reported murdered in juarez. >> you're seeing is the drug violence, that's true, but underneath it you're seeing the disintegration of a nation, the economic disintegration, you're seeing people robbing each other, kidnapping each other, doing everything it takes to survive including killing each other. but we can't face that, meaning the us government, we can't say there's an economic basis to this because that would mean our policies are a myth, our policy of free trade is a disaster. that would mean our refusal to recognize why people are coming north is a disaster. that would mean our war on drugs is a disaster. that would mean we would stop lying. this is like a machine now, of death. and i don't see anything that will stop it in the short run. >> hello and welcome, i'm phil torres, talking about innovations that can s

of the cousin that it drug use. i was on the year when massachusetts and saw the ravages that synthetic drug use had on its citizens as a commonwealth. as you know the office of national drug control policy was established in 1988 with the principal purpose of reducing illicit drug use manufacturing and trafficking, drug related crime and violence and drug related health consequences. we produce the national drug control strategy, the administration's blueprint for drug policy. the strategy is a 21st century plan that treats the nation's drug problem as a public health issue not just a criminal health issue. during this time we have seen significant progress in reductions in the misuse of prescription drugs, cocaine and methamphetamine. in 2013, however, also highlights the challenges that communities across the country are facing related to the u.s. and threat of synthetic drugs. the contents and affect of synthetic drugs are unpredictable deutsch of the constantly changing variety of chemicals used in manufacturing process that are the way of quality controls and government oversight. use of these substances can cause of health consequences and putting death to but i know the caucus ha