“…American Drug War: The Last White Hope…” -  Video

“…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.

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…”

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American Drug War: The Last White Hope -  Video.

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