The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
October 5, 2012
1h 50m
EN
Eugene Jarecki
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?
Eugene Jarecki
Himself - Narrator / Interviewer
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rudolph Giuliani
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eugene Jarecki
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John McCain
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Rockefeller
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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QA
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GB
Charlotte Street Films
US
Louverture Films
US
NHK Enterprises
JP
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US
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US
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AU
VPRO
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