Movies - Drug Wars PBS Frontline 2000

[Euphoric]

I've watched part one of this and plan on seeing the second part soon. The first was very interesting and quite well done, I recommend it to anyone who can find a copy. Or perhaps they will re-broadcast it on PBS.

It has interviews with George Jung, former DEA agents and a host of other intriguing characters as well as lots of news footage and other media relating to the drug war.

I was surprised by the footage of Nixon. He doesn't seem like as evil of a man as I've heard. He seems to support harm-reduction and treating addicts rather imprisoning them. He is quoted as saying while flying over New York something like "You and I understand that these people need treatment but those people down their, they want more police, they want to see people behind bars".

You can read the transcripts and do some interactive stuff here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/