Overview
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?
Production
ZDF · Al Jazeera Documentary Channel · BBC · Charlotte Street Films · Louverture Films · NHK Enterprises · ITVS · Ford Foundation / JustFilms · SBS · VPRO
Cast & Characters
Eugene Jarecki
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rudolph Giuliani
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directors & Crew
Eugene Jarecki
Director
Eugene Jarecki
Writer
Christopher St. John
Producer
Sam Cullman
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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