How Seriously Does Venezuela Take the War on Drugs?

So seriously that shows promoting the use of drugs are banned. Most recently, that includes "Family Guy", apparently. From the AP:

Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the program should be pulled from the airwaves because it promotes the use of marijuana.

El Aissami was outraged by a recent episode in which the show's characters started a campaign to legalize marijuana.

He said Thursday that cable networks that broadcast "Family Guy" would be fined by Venezuela's telecommunications regulator if they refuse to dump the program.

Presumably it was the following clip that was the problem (and you gotta love the Ben Stein smackdown that Stewie slips in there):

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