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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING THE TABOO: The War On Drugs
DECEMBER 7th, 2012 - YOUTUBE
Narrated by Morgan Freeman:
This groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years.
This groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years.
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BREAKING THE TABOO: The War On Drugs (Original Post)
Segami
Nov 2012
OP
It is necessary to keep the privatized prisons making a profit. Capitalism at its most shameful.
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#7
This is an acceptable budget cut- we need to tell congress we are sick of locking people up
RepublicansRZombies
Nov 2012
#8
think
(11,641 posts)1. Thanks for posting /nt
Uncle Joe
(60,653 posts)2. I'm looking forward to viewing this program.
Thanks for the heads up, Segami.
patrice
(47,992 posts)3. Kicking!
Royal Sloan 09
(406 posts)4. K & R, Thanks, verrrry interesting!
12-7-2012 @ Youtube
Iggy
(1,418 posts)5. Apparently the War on Drugs is
part of the overall terminal war footing the United States has been on since the close of WWII.
any and all excuses to keep our hideous, bloated MIC going forever.
FAIL.
notice democrats in congress are doing NOTHING about this.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)7. It is necessary to keep the privatized prisons making a profit. Capitalism at its most shameful.
Crime is at an all time low. (saw on DU...didn't keep the link) What to do? Create new criminals.
tridim
(45,358 posts)6. K&R for keeping the ball rolling.
RepublicansRZombies
(982 posts)8. This is an acceptable budget cut- we need to tell congress we are sick of locking people up
We are locking people up, paying $50,000 per year to for profit prisons, because they might hurt themselves- how stupid is that!
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)9. K&R
Sounds really good!
TeamPooka
(25,577 posts)10. Prohibition is a failed public polcy...again nt
ThoughtCriminal
(14,410 posts)11. Neither party has the guts to end this.
Seems like citizens armed with ballot propositions are the the only wedge. But as long as the Federal government is determined to force this war, it's going to be really hard to make progress.