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American Drug War: The Last White Hope: Pre Release Cut
American Drug War The Last White Hope 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 front lines 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.
Mexico's Drug War
The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict taking place among rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control, and Mexican government forces seeking to combat drug trafficking. However, the government's principal goal has been to put down the drug-related violence that was raging between different rival drug cartels in Mexico before any military intervention was made.[27] In addition, the Mexican government has claimed that their primary focus is on dismantling the powerful drug cartels, rather than on drug trafficking prevention, which is left to US functionaries. Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed for several decades, they have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the United States.[31] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States. The US Department of Justice estimates that wholesale earnings from illicit drug sales range from $13.6 billion to $48.4 billion annually. Given its geographic location, Mexico has long been used as a staging and transshipment point for narcotics, illegal immigrants and contraband destined for US markets from Mexico, South America and elsewhere. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Colombia's Pablo Escobar was the ...
The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage
88-year-old Bob Wallace, and his 85-year-old girlfriend, Marjorie Ottenberg fell in love 35 years ago backpacking to the tops of the highest peaks in the world. Wallace is a Stanford educated engineer and Ottenberg is a former chemist and decades ago they came up with a water purification product for backpackers like themselves called Polar Pure out of their garage in Saratoga, Calif. "For an old guy with nothing else to do, this is something that keeps us occupied," says Wallace. Today, Wallace and Ottenberg are fighting the Drug Enforcement Administration and state officials to continue to operate their business. Why? The DEA says that drug dealers are using their product to make methamphetamine. The DEA says meth heads are interested in Polar Pure's key ingredient, iodine crystals. In 2007 the DEA reclassified iodine as a controlled substance and named Polar Pure in particular as a product that was of concern to the DEA. The DEA told Wallace and Ottenberg, they could continue to operate their business but they would have to pay a $1200 regulatory fee, register with the state and feds, report any suspicious activity and keep track of each and ever person who bought a bottle of their product. Bob says that the overhead alone would be too much to pass onto customers. "So that's why I didn't bother with their rules, because I would be out of business if I followed their regulations," says Wallace. The same went for camping stores and online outlets that stocked Polar Pure ...
Drug Wars: Silver or Lead
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Mexico backs law supporting drug-war victims
Mexico's government has fast-tracked a law to compensate victims of the country's war on drugs. Congress approved the bill on Tuesday, just a week after it was passed by the Senate, Victims of criminal violence will be eligible for support payments of up to $73000. About 60000 people have been killed during the crackdown on drugs in the past six years. Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines
"Ever since the War on Drugs, everything has hit the fan," says Romesh Bhattacharji, former Narcotics Commissioner of India. Rather than continue the unnecessary and costly drug war, Bhattacharji advises the United States to simply "Relax, take it easy, [and] tolerate." Last month, at the Cato Institute's "Ending the Global War on Drugs" conference, Bhattacharji's sentiments were echoed by ex-drug czars, cops, politicians, intellectuals, liberal and conservative journalists, and even the former President of Brazil. Reason.tv attended the event and spoke with a number of the featured speakers, including: Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal Tucker Carlson, The Daily Caller Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, Speaker of the House of Deputies, Uruguay Leigh Maddox, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; University of Maryland School of Law Enrique Gomez Hurtado, former Senator, Colombia Larry Campbell, Senator, Canada Romesh Bhattacharji, former Narcotics Commissioner, India Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation Harry G. Levine, Queens College (NY) Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Cato Institute About 6.15 minutes. Produced and Edited by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Joshua Swain, with help from Seth McKelvey. Graphics by Meredith Bragg. Visit Reason.tv for downloadable versions, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live.
49 Headless Bodies - War On Drugs In Mexico Is A Failure
Via The Raw Story: "Mexican police on Monday searched for perpetrators of a drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on the side of a highway. The mutilated corpses, whose hands had been cut off to prevent fingerprint identification, were discovered close to the northern city of Monterrey, 180 kilometers (110 miles) from the US border...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks blame the failed drug war imported from the United States. *Read more from Agence France-Presse: www.rawstory.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
Moms Say, "No More Drug War!"
"Mothers throughout history have come forward for the sake of their children," says Gretchen Burns Bergman, executive director of Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing (PATH). "We're coming forth saying that the drug war has been more damaging to our families than the drugs themselves." The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is well-known for helping push forward Prohibition in the United States. But perhaps less well-known are groups such as the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, who were instrumental in the effort to repeal the 18th Amendment. In that the tradition, Moms United to End the War on Drugs gathered on the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse to deliver a message this Mother's Day: no more drug war. Reason.tv was on the scene to talk with mothers who'd had their families torn apart by US drug policy. "You don't realize the drug policies in this country until they have an effect on you," says Lorraine Rebennack. "And when you lose a child, your life is never the same. Nor is your family." Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Approximately 3 minutes. Visit reason.tv for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's Youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live.
Drug War: Huge Success
Lots of people claim that the "war on drugs" has been a complete failure. Those people are dead wrong, and here's why.
Obama: End Drugwar; Surrender to Reality - Its Failed and Ron Paul is right
Barack Obama on the failure of the war on drugs. A discussion with NYT Charles M Blow and Neill Franklin, a former narcotics officer, who was for the drug war and is now with LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and drug legalization.
Guatemalan president says drug war has failed
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has told Al Jazeera that the US-led regional war against drug trafficking is being lost and requires a change in strategy.
MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD! New Drug War Documentary Opens In Seattle
April 28, 2012 Northwest News MOXNews.com
The Drug War
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BBC This World 2010 Mexico's Drug War
Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes to America. Mexico's president has declared war on the gangsters but the only result appears to be an escalation of the killings. Katya Adler journeys deep into the heart of a shocking conflict, uncovering the human stories behind the seemingly random and disturbing violence. She asks whether the continuing freedom of the world's most powerful drug runner, Joaquin 'Chapo' Guzman, is evidence that the Government's war is toothless. I do not own this video, all property is owned by their owners.
Mexico film tackles stark reality of drug war
A new Mexican film called Miss Bala has been praised for breaking new ground for its portrayal of the brutality of the country's drug war. Miss Bala has also been noted as one of the few films in Mexico to depict President Felipe Calderon's drug war as corrupt and futile. The filmmakers said it is impossible to portray the drug war without shedding light on corruption. Inspired by a true story, the film is about a beauty contestant who was forced to work for a ruthless drug cartel boss. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Mexico City. Miss Bala has also been noted as one of the few films in Mexico to depict President Felipe Calderon's drug war as corrupt and futile. The filmmakers said it is impossible to portray the drug war without shedding the light on corruption. Inspired by a true story, the movie is a beauty contestant who forced to work for a ruthless drug cartel boss who relishes violence. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney
Pharmacies Swept Into Drug Wars
Drug distributor Cardinal Health has become the first big corporate target of a Drug Enforcement Administration crackdown on pain pill abuse, with its Florida distribution center threatened by a shutdown order. The battle, which was on display at a federal court hearing in Washington this week, shows how the DEA is increasingly going after big fish as a roundabout way of stopping doctors who run pill mills distributing drugs like Oxycontin illegally.
CIA/Bush Drug Ties, Weather Wars & Sonny Bono's Murder with Author Bob Fletcher
On this, the Wednesday, March 28 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with investigator Bob Fletcher about weather weapons. Fletcher was interviewed during the Iran-Contra hearings and was a deposed witness for the Christic Institute's 24 million dollar legal proceedings against the Iran-Contra lineup. He is a founding member of the Militia of Montana. bobfletcherinvestigations.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com
The REAL Cost of the War on Drugs
So the title really explains it all really . This video basically gives the viewer a good idea on how the war on drugs has failed and how we continue to spend a serious amount of money on it even though prohibition simply doesn't work. Please help us stop the war on drugs and help us change unjust marijuana laws by liking us on facebook at facebook.com/therealdrugfacts Also follow us on Twitter @realdrugfacts This short clip is not owned by theREALdrugfacts and is owned by our friends at feeseminars. They have their own youtube channel too ! Check it out. You can also donate to them on their channel too. We took the video from their channel for educational and non-profit purposes only. Directed by Brian Aitken (www.briandaitken.com) & Produced by Brian Wallace in association with NowSourcing with special thanks to Sheldon Richman (Editor of the Freeman Magazine) and Jeffrey Miron (Harvard Economist and Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute) for their work researching and analyzing drug war expenditures.
Officers Opposing Drug War Fired
Should police officers or border patrol agents lose their jobs because they openly support legalizing drugs in America? Ana Kasparian, Dave Koller and guest host Michael Shure discuss on The Young Turks. Source: www.nytimes.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
US Supports "Drug War" as Latin American Nations Mull Decriminalization, Legalization
democracynow.org - As Vice President Joe Biden wraps up a trip to Central America insisting the drug war must continue, a growing number of Latin American leaders are calling for the decriminalization or legalization of drugs. "This debate now is no longer going to be suppressed," says Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. "Once US officials are obliged to participate in the discussion and to do it in a real way, the smartest among them know there is no way to defend the current US strategy." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for Democracy Now! interviews about the drug war, please visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
Cop Says Drug War Helps Gangs Thrive
David Bratzer, a police officer in British Columbia, Canada, says he has seen how marijuana prohibition and the failed "war on drugs" directly lead to the growth of organized crime and cause gruesome illegal market violence. David is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which anyone can join for free at www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
Cop Says Drug War Makes People Distrust Police
Peter Moskos, a former Baltimore cop, joins a panel discussion about the ways the "war on drugs" harms relationships between police and the communities they are charged with serving and protecting. Peter is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which anyone can join for free at www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
Graham Hancock - The War on Drugs (The Joe Rogan Experience)
From podcast #142 of the Joe Rogan Experience with Duncan Trussell, Joe Rogan, and Graham Hancock. The full podcast: youtu.be Track: Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche joerogan.net http
Drug War, Defense Spending & The Top 1% (The Point)
Points from Former Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson (on defense spending), comedian John Fugelsang (on the top one percent) and billionaire Richard Branson (on African Americans, slavery and the war on drugs) are discussed by Cenk Uygur (host, The Young Turks), Brian Unger (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and How The States Got Their Shapes), Shira Lazar (host, What's Trending) and Ben Mankiewicz (host, Turner Classic Movies). Watch more points at www.youtube.com Support Alan Grayson in 2012: www.congressmanwithguts.com More Fugelsang: www.blog.johnfugelsang.com Follow Richard Branson on Twitter: twitter.com
John Stossel - Rethinking The Drug War
America's drug war is not only an assault on liberty, it creates a far more dangerous and corrupting world. Former narcotics officer Neill Franklin explains. www.LibertyPen.com
Drug War & Slavery (Richard Branson) - The Point
British billionaire Richard Branson tweeted a shocking fact about African Americans, slavery and the war on drugs in the United States. Cenk Uygur (host, The Young Turks), Brian Unger (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and How The States Got Their Shapes), Shira Lazar (host, What's Trending) and Ben Mankiewicz (host, Turner Classic Movies) discuss on The Point. Watch more points at www.youtube.com Follow Richard Branson on Twitter: twitter.com
US Fights Drug War Overseas At Taxpayer Expense
The Pentagon has approved $3 billion dollars for private contractors to fight the war on drugs in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Columbia and Mexico. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks discuss. www.alternet.org More on the failed war on drugs: www.youtube.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com Download the politics or entertainment hour of this TYT episode: goo.gl The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
Andrew Napolitano - Drug War Update
Judge Napolitano looks at events from the drug war and talks to Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance. www.LibertyPen.com
Carlos Fuentes on Mexico's Drug War
Nahlah Ayed interviews Carlos Fuentes for his passionate take on Mexico's drug war.
Mexico's drug wars spill into US
At least nine people were killed in drug related violence in Mexico. These deaths, on Wednesday, add to the many thousands killed over the past three years in Mexico. Acapulco is a tourist destination frequented by Mexicans. Since 2010, it has increasingly been gripped by violence as warring drug cartels battle for control of the drug trafficking market. Accross the border, Mexico's drug war festers less violently. Signs of the drug trade can be gauged from the increasing number of corrupt American officials identified. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Columbus, New Mexico.
Inside Mexico's Drug War Part One
Investigative journalist John Gibler takes us inside the drug war in Mexico, revealing the facts behind the popularized versions of the violence. In Part 1, Gibler, author of To Die in Mexico, analyzes the narcotics traffic as a $250 to 500 billion a year global business providing illegal drugs everywhere in the world. He debunks the myth that those who are killed -- as many as 50000 since Felipe Calderon took office in 2006 -- are all somehow involved in the drug trade. In the US, anti-drug policies have traditionally had racial implications, as detailed in Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow.
Mexico's Drug War ( Documentary )
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Ron Paul: Drug War Has Racist Roots (1988)
Congressman Ron Paul has taken heat for comments regarding minorities made in old newsletters under his name but a 1998 video shows Paul arguing against the war on drugs with its racist origins. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. www.huffingtonpost.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com Download the politics or entertainment hour of this TYT episode: goo.gl The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
Will Obama End The Drug War If He Is Re-Elected? NO!
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Mexico drug gang recruits Guatemalan army elite
The Kaibiles are well-known for their role in massacring civilians during Guatemala's civil war. Their mission is to help fight drug trafficking but now they are faced Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman meets the Kaibiles in the Peten province of Guatemala.
Nearly 50 Headless Bodies Found in Mexico Amid Drug War
For more coverage, visit the PBS NewsHour website: to.pbs.org Without heads, hands or feet, 49 bodies were discovered outside Monterrey, Mexico -- the latest casualties of a brutal five-year-old war between the country's top two drug cartels. Ray Suarez reports.
Richard Branson: No More Drug War (2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference)
Richard Branson is best known as a social entrepreneur and founder of the Virgin Group. In the past year, however, Branson has stepped out as a prominent supporter of drug policy reform. His courageous involvement with the Global Commission on Drug Policy electrified the global media and brought a new level of attention to the growing movement to end the 40-year-old war on drugs. "I think it became clear to all of the commissioners that the war on drugs has failed, and that what we need to do is to treat drugs as a health problem, not as a criminal problem," said Branson to the conference attendees. "Good luck trying to knock some sense into governments."
"We Must End This Useless War!" Former President Of Mexico Calls Drug War A Complete Failure!
May 03, 2012 MSNBC News MOXNews.com
The Drug War is Awesome! Part 1
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Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure documents what many believe to be dangerous hypocrisy on the part of the American government. The film gives particular attention to the reasons behind the drug trade (Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine exporter), which include illegal trade funded by radicals, the corrupt government, and the simple fact that most farmers harvest coca because they can't survive on the profits of legitimate food crops. Ungerman also explores the link to America's notorious School of the Americas in Georgia and how targeted aerial fumigation has destroyed perfectly legal natural resources in the mission to eradicate drug crops. The film concludes that the US military-industrial complex is cashing in on the violence they themselves perpetrate, while doing little to actually stem cocaine production peacenowar.net
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Glenn Greenwald and Ilya Somin- Libya intervention, war, and drug war
Is the war in Libya illegal? 3:47 Glenn: Drone war is still war 6:28 What Congress can do: time limits, defunding, impeachment 6:50 Is Obama a willing hostage in the debt limit battle? 9:19 Criticizing Obama's continuation of the war on drugs 8:25 bloggingheads.tv Ilya: Conservatives should support drug decriminalization 8:11
The Drug War in Guatemala: A Conversation with Giancarlo Ibarguen
"I blame the war on drugs in the United States for what is happening here in Guatemala." --Giancarlo Ibarguen Most of the cocaine shipped north from Central and South America these days travels through Guatemala and into Mexico before eventually crossing the border to the United States. The value of that cocaine, even before it enters the US market, is approximately $40 billion a year. That's nearly the size of Guatemala's entire economy. The drug cartels in Guatemala act with impunity and effectively control much of the country. As Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom recently told Al Jazeera, "The drug traffickers are much better armed and financed than our military and our government." Guatemala, as a result, has become a very dangerous place to live. What's the solution? According to Giancarlo Ibarguen, president of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin, the US government should end its war on drugs.Approximately 5 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Alex Manning. Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live.
49 Dead in Sign of Increasing Brutality in Mexico's Drug War
Transcript by Newsy: www.youtube.com (Image: CNN) BY EVAN BUSH ANCHOR ZACH TOOMBS In Mexico, authorities are piecing together a brutal murder scene in the border town of Monterrey as drug violence persists in the region. The UK's Channel 4 describes the scene. "Authorities in Mexico have found the dismembered bodies of more than 40 people dumped on a highway near the northern industrial city of Monterrey." "The bodies were found in the early hours stuffed in bags." As Fox News notes, no one is sure where the bodies came from, and it could take a long time to figure that out. A Nuevo Leon state security spokesman said: "[T]he fact the bodies were found with the heads, hands and feet cut off will make identification difficult. The bodies were being taken to Monterrey for DNA tests. [Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Adrian] de la Garza said the victims could have been killed as long as two days ago at another location..." The bodies are thought to be tied to drug violence, though it's not clear which gang is to blame and none has taken responsibility so far. The BBC says the bodies are a reminder that Mexico's drug war is growing increasingly brutal. "The police have an extremely difficult job trying to control of these gangs, they're extremely well-armed, they're rich, they're powerful and they're very large. They control entire states." A reporter for CNN says that although these massacres aren't all that uncommon in Mexico, and that this murder is particularly striking ...
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