
“The war on drugs has never been about drugs.”
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
Release Date: 10/5/2012
Runtime: 110 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Eugene Jarecki
0Revenue: $0.2M
Companies: ZDF, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, BBC, Charlotte Street Films, Louverture Films, NHK Enterprises, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, SBS, VPRO
Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, United States of America
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Eugene Jarecki
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Joe Biden
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George H. W. Bush
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Rudolph Giuliani
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John McCain
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Hillary Clinton
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Bill Clinton
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Barack Obama
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Nancy Reagan
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