Title: How to make money selling drugs:
Authors: Cooke, Matthew,; Grenier, Adrian, 1976-; Marcus, Bert,; Bert Marcus Productions,; Reckless Productions,; Cinedigm (Firm),
Year: 2014
Subjects: 50 Cent; Eminem,; Carlton, Bobby.; Sarandon, Susan,; Harrelson, Woody; Simmons, Russell.; Simon, David,; Ross, Ricky.; Drug traffic Economic aspects United States.; Drug traffic United States; Drug control United States
Abstract: An in-depth look at the high-stakes world of drug dealing and drug enforcement, featuring interviews with top-ranking government officials as well as celebrities such as Woody Harrelson, Susan Sarandon, Eminem, 50 Cent, and David Simon creator of The Wire. Although drug use had been legal for decades in the United States, its identification with the jazz era and racial miscegenation, fueled the realization that a war on drugs could also become a way of controlling minority populations. Since its inception by President Nixon in the 1970's, the drug war has increasingly been deployed against America's communities of color. Prior to Nixon's inauguration of the drug war, the American prison population had remained constant through the first half of the twentieth century. Since the beginning of the drug war, the number of Americans in prison has continued to expand year by year. The producers make the argument that the use of narcotics only harms the user and therefore, like the consmption of alcohol, it should simply be a question of individual choice.
Contents: Bonus features: An interview with Russell Simmons, commentary with director. Matthew Cooke.