The House I Live In
2012, Film, 98 min, Crime, Documentary, English, United States, MoviePedia score 72
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
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?
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Cast
- Eugene Jarecki as Interviewer
- David Simon as Self - Creator, The Wire
- Shanequa Benitez as Self
- William Julius Wilson as Self - Harvard University
- Glendon Goldsboro as Self - Providence Police
- Fabio Zuena as Self - Providence Narcotics
- David Kennedy as Self - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Michael Correia as Self - Commanding Officer, Narcotics
- Charles Bowden as Self - Investigative Reporter
- Gabor Maté as Self - Physician, Addiction Expert
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