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How to Make Money Selling Drugs

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
6.8K
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How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
A shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease, How to Make Money Selling Drugs is an insider’s guide to the violent but extremely lucrative drug industry. Told from the perspective of former drug dealers, and featuring interviews with rights advocates Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, and David Simon (creator of “The Wire”), the film gives you the lessons you need to start your own drug empire while exposing the corruption behind the “war on drugs.”
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Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

  • Director
    • Matthew Cooke
  • Writers
    • Matthew Cooke
    • Grant Jolly
  • Stars
    • 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
    • Susan Sarandon
    • David Simon
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
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    • Director
      • Matthew Cooke
    • Writers
      • Matthew Cooke
      • Grant Jolly
    • Stars
      • 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
      • Susan Sarandon
      • David Simon
    • 29User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    10/10
    A Clear Message and Delivery
    How to Make Money Selling Drugs is an entertaining and fast paced ride that delivers a clear message. Whether you believe in decriminalizing drugs or not, the film gives nuggets of perspective that allow the audience to go on a path of discovery of their own, while still maintaining the film's own voice. The actual delivery of the message was the highlight for me. The film follows people from all walks of life - giving the audience a well-rounded, well researched and well conceived view. I find that many documentaries, especially on such controversial topics, can come out one-sided, but this is a true exception where you never feel forced to feel a certain way, but come out forming your own opinions that somehow mesh with the film's core values.

    So, in sum, brilliant!
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    • daisydell692
    • Oct 29, 2012

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    • Release date
      • December 26, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Как заработать деньги, продавая наркотики
    • Production company
      • Bert Marcus Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,192
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,202
      • Jun 30, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,192
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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