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?
Cast
Eugene Jarecki
Himself - 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)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Eugene Jarecki
Director, Writer
Paul Frost
Editor
Derek Hallquist
Director of Photography
Sam Cullman
Director of Photography, Producer
Danny Glover
Executive Producer
John Legend
Executive Producer
Brad Pitt
Executive Producer
Christopher St. John
Producer, Additional Writing
Kathleen Fournier
Co-Producer
Shirel Kozak
Co-Producer
Joe Posner
Production Design
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer
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