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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?

Eugene Jarecki
as Himself - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

October 5, 2012 · 1h 50m
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?

Eugene Jarecki
as Himself - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)