American Drug War - The Last White Hope
(prerelease cut) - 35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs,
we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The
War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history,
the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by
the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin
Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure.
Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former
DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners
and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man
many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested
discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN
DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug
pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it
shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film,
but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the
frontlines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who
are living it. After 4 years of production including several sold out test
screenings in New York, Austin & Los Angeles, the final version of American
Drug War "the last white hope" is locked and loaded. Note: Kevin Booth of
Sacred Cow Productions latest film. This is a pre-release screener DVD-R
purchased from the Sacred Cow website. I gather it's pretty close to final
cut but final pressed copies will be released 2008 at a discount to anyone
who buys this early release. If you enjoy this please support the filmmaker,
a final press of this or one of the many other fun offerings at the Sacred
Cow Productions online store. - 2 hours
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Alex Jones interviews Kevin Booth "American Drug War" (Part 1 of 4, Youtube)
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War on Drugs - Prison Industrial Complex in U.S.A. - The war on drugs in America has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison system on the planet, and the U.S. nonviolent prisoner population is larger than the combined populations of Wyoming and Alaska. Try to imagine the Drug Enforcement Administration erecting razor wire barricades around two states to control crime and you'll get the picture.
According to the U.S. Dept of Justice, the number of offenders under age 18 imprisoned for drug offenses increased twelve-fold from 1985 to 1997. The group most affected by this propensity for incarceration is African-Americans. From 1985 to 1997, the percentage of African-American young people put in prison increased from 53 to 62 percent.
Today, 89 percent of police departments have paramilitary units, and
46 percent have been trained by active duty armed forces. The most common
use of paramilitary units is serving drug-related search warrants, which
usually involve no-knock entries into private homes. Find out how
America is slowly but surely building its 2nd largest industrial complex
next to its military one - the prison industrial complex.
- 1 hour, 33 minutes
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