{"id":23067,"date":"2016-05-02T20:38:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T03:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23067"},"modified":"2016-05-02T20:39:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T03:39:31","slug":"vice-news-rise-mexican-black-tar-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23067","title":{"rendered":"Vice News:  The Rise of Mexican Black Tar Heroin  (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d_PQ407GkOs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"watch-uploader-info\"><strong class=\"watch-time-text\">Published on May 2, 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" class=\"\">\n<p id=\"eow-description\">As the rate of opioid addiction has surged in the United States, Mexico has become the world&#8217;s third-largest producer of opium used to process heroin. 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