A fascinating, insightful look at the start of the drugs war.
A look back at the huge arrival of cocaine in The USA in the early 80's.
Some fascinating and insightful interviews, you'll hear some surprising stories, initially you may be lured into thinking the documentary is spinning you a somewhat rose tinted view of drugs, it quickly changes, giving you a realistic, harsh view.
From a historical point of view, I found this fascinating, stories I genuinely wasn't aware off, plus the routes and ways the drugs were imported into The US. Cover ups, stitch ups, plenty of eye raising moments.
So much hypocrisy, so much intentional and open racism, some of the content is genuinely jaw dropping, Prisons, rules, laws etc.
What's astonishing, is how consecutive administrations have failed to deal with the actual problem, I don't think that any Government have been able to deal with the problem at its core, each new term have just used different sticking plasters.
It was nice to see former users and addicts, that have been able to turn their lives around, and leave crack in the past.
7/10.
Some fascinating and insightful interviews, you'll hear some surprising stories, initially you may be lured into thinking the documentary is spinning you a somewhat rose tinted view of drugs, it quickly changes, giving you a realistic, harsh view.
From a historical point of view, I found this fascinating, stories I genuinely wasn't aware off, plus the routes and ways the drugs were imported into The US. Cover ups, stitch ups, plenty of eye raising moments.
So much hypocrisy, so much intentional and open racism, some of the content is genuinely jaw dropping, Prisons, rules, laws etc.
What's astonishing, is how consecutive administrations have failed to deal with the actual problem, I don't think that any Government have been able to deal with the problem at its core, each new term have just used different sticking plasters.
It was nice to see former users and addicts, that have been able to turn their lives around, and leave crack in the past.
7/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 23, 2022