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Morning press conference, from the National Palace. Tuesday, January 7, 2025 President Claudia Sheinbaum. 00:00 Start of broadcast 11:24 Press conference begins 16:05 Stay away from drugs campaign 56:13 Question and answer session The educational campaign against drug use, especially fentanyl, begins; it is aimed at 11.8 million high school and higher education students. From the SEP we will reach all the schools in the country; the idea is that parents, teachers and teachers know the implications of consumption. We will emphasize the importance of communication in families and show young people that drugs have a strong addictive power. In Mexico, there is no fentanyl consumption crisis like in some cities in the United States and Canada. We do not want it to reach our country; that is why we began the preventive campaign. It is important that the damage that fentanyl causes to health is known. We present the first chapter of the miniseries “Fentanyl: from Janssen’s pharmaceutical innovation to a global public health problem.” It explains that the fentanyl crisis comes from the past and has its origin in the consumption of drugs that replaced opioids; they come from American society and its pharmaceutical companies. The Mexican security strategy focuses on peacebuilding; at the same time, it fights organized crime and high-impact crimes. The laboratories that have been dismantled are mainly for methamphetamines and crystal. Likewise, we combat the distribution in the country and possible entry of fentanyl into the United States; a clear example is the recent seizure of 500 thousand pills in Sinaloa. Likewise, we closely monitor the precursors that enter Mexico for the production of medicines. By proposing a reform in the Constitution to prohibit the planting of transgenic white corn, our main interest is the protection of Mexican white corn. This is due to health reasons, but mainly to protect our biodiversity. If we lose corn, we also lose its cultural significance. The resignation of the Canadian prime minister does not affect the USMCA. Mexico, the United States and Canada have benefited greatly from the trade agreement; we represent 30 percent of the world's gross domestic product.