American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Kevin Booth

Genre:

Documentary | Crime

Plot:

The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Drug War | Crack | Cocaine | Drug Policy

Cast

Joe Arpaio	...	Himself (as Sheriff Joe Arpaio)
Jello Biafra	...	Activist
Jeff Blackburn	...	Civil rights attorney tulia tx
Curt Booth	...	Psychedelic movement
Kevin Booth	...	Average white guy
Chico Brown	...	Himself
Celerino Castillo III	...	Dea agent
Paris Chong	...	Son of Tommy
Tommy Chong	...	Private Prison Prisoner
Sergeant Lou Daigle	...	LAPD - Drug Recognition in Expert Skid Row
John Duetch	...	Director of CIA
Dr. Gary Fisher	...	Gave Timothy Leary his first hit of LSD
Gary Gardner	...	Red Neck with a PHD
Judge James Gray	...	Superior court judge
Dr. Charles Grob	...	Himself - Conducting experiment with psilocybin
Ice-Burg	...	Bloods - sales rep. South Central
Jan Irving	...	Himself - Author or Pharmacratic Inquisition
Dr. Claudia Jensen	...	Herself - Medical Marijuana doctor / pediatrician
Gary Johnson	...	Governor NM
Gary Johnson	...	Governor NM
Kosmo	...	Bloods - sales rep. South Central
Dennis Kucinich	...	Congressman
Mack Lindsey	...	Homeless drug user- comedian
Barry McCaffrey	...	Drug czar
Todd McCormick	...	Activist
Cynthia McKinney	...	Congresswoman
Dr. Robert Melamede	...	Researcher at the University of Colorado
Joe Moore	...	Hog farmer
Ralph Nader	...	Political watchdog
Jona Napier	...	Heroin Addict - Guitarist
Ron Paul	...	Republican Congressman
Joe Pietri	...	International Drug Smuggler
Jacki Raines	...	Deputy Carrizozo New Mexico
Frank Regan	...	Legal defense for Ricky Ross
Tom Rhodes	...	Himself
Darryl Lucky Rodgers	...	Bloods member
T. Rodgers	...	Bloods co-founder
Joe Rogan	...	Himself
Ronaldo	...	Amsterdam Crack smoker
Angela Ross	...	Sister of Ricky Ross
Freeway Ricky Ross	...	Himself - 'Wal-Mart' of Crack Cocaine
Craig X. Rubin	...	Reverend of Temple 420
Michael Rupert	...	Lapd narcotics (as Mike Rupert)
Mike Ruppert	...	LAPD narcotics officer
Pam Sakuda	...	Herself - Psilocybin user
Paul Scott	...	Himself - medical marijuana dispensary
Halena Shendo	...	Mescalero Apache Tribe member
Sherm	...	PCP user
Robert Steele	...	CIA clandestine officer
Michael Veiling	...	420 owner Amsterdam
John Walko	...	Meth smoker - Chain Gang member
Tayngy Washington	...	Crack smoker south central

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Sacred Cow Productions

The ridiculous war on drugs

While Tulia with Halle Berry and Billy Bob is still in pre-production, this documentary serves as an excellent report on the drug war in the United States and has devoted a significant amount of its time to the incident that occurred in that town, with a great interview with Amarillo attorney Jeff Blackburn, who led the fight to free the Tulia 46.

It is so much more than that, as it gives a history of the CIA involvement in the crack epidemic in the US, and also presents facts that will leave no doubt that the government used drugs to finance the illegal war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, but they continue to use them to suppress people of color in this country.

It is also clear that the ban on medical uses of marijuana is a conspiracy to benefit the pharmaceutical industry.

One things that was presented that is of considerable interest is that the drug war is unwinable due to the fact that once you ban certain drugs, people will develop new ones to satisfy their need. Just as bathtub gin was created during prohibition, crystal meth and newer drugs have been developed in this country in response to the decreased drugs coming from Mexico.

Those opposed to decriminalization of drugs would do well to realize that 700,000 people die every year from alcohol (not counting traffic deaths), tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals, while only 10,000 die from drug use, and no death has every been reported from marijuana.

Do you know where 85% of the heroin distributed throughout the world comes from. The answer may surprise you, but not shock you after seeing this film.