Breaking the Taboo is about how society treat drugs, in special Marijuana, the main argument of this documentary is about the fail of the actual anti-drug political system in Brazil. The taboo here is how work with drugs, and the legalization of marijuana. For prove the argument illegal marijuana cause more danger then the legalization system, the director invite a pool of influent people, former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, intellectuals, and consumers.
The idea is to break the taboo marijuana cloud keep illegal, for this the director shows how the illegal system works, and who is the main giver from state restrictions. The money from illegal actives go to corruption, guns and lobby, against the tax from another drugs which subside education, security and specially the health system. The acquisition of marijuana is easy than alcohol, to buy alcohol you must show your identification to prove you have 18 years old, in Brazil, but marijuana don't have this restriction.
Former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is a former teacher from University of Sao Paulo, the major discipline in his academic profile is sociology, and this is the main contribution he provides in the documentary, a systematic analysis of our society, and why ins't logic keep marijuana illegal in Brazil.
