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?
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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)
Jim Webb
Self (archive footage)
Eugene Jarecki
Director, Writer
Brad Pitt
Executive Producer
Danny Glover
Executive Producer
John Legend
Executive Producer
Sam Cullman
Producer, Director of Photography
Christopher St. John
Producer
Derek Hallquist
Director of Photography
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer
Paul Frost
Editor
Joe Posner
Production Design
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