The House I Live In

Oct 5, 2012

1h 50m

★ 7.5

The war on drugs has never been about drugs.

Overview

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?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ZDF

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel

BBC

Charlotte Street Films

Louverture Films

NHK Enterprises

ITVS

JustFilms / Ford Foundation

SBS

VPRO

The House I Live In Trailers

Cast

Himself - Narrator / Interviewer

Eugene Jarecki

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

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0.0

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0.0

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7.7

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0.0

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