American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)

Director:

Kevin Booth

Genre:

Documentary | Crime

Plot:

The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Drug War | Crack | Cocaine | Drug Policy

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Joe Arpaio	...	Himself (as Sheriff Joe Arpaio)
Jello Biafra	...	Activist
Jeff Blackburn	...	Civil rights attorney tulia tx
Curt Booth	...	Psychedelic movement
Kevin Booth	...	Average white guy
Chico Brown	...	Himself
Celerino Castillo III	...	Dea agent
Paris Chong	...	Son of Tommy
Tommy Chong	...	Private Prison Prisoner
Sergeant Lou Daigle	...	LAPD - Drug Recognition in Expert Skid Row
John Duetch	...	Director of CIA
Dr. Gary Fisher	...	Gave Timothy Leary his first hit of LSD
Gary Gardner	...	Red Neck with a PHD
Judge James Gray	...	Superior court judge
Dr. Charles Grob	...	Himself - Conducting experiment with psilocybin
Ice-Burg	...	Bloods - sales rep. South Central
Jan Irving	...	Himself - Author or Pharmacratic Inquisition
Dr. Claudia Jensen	...	Herself - Medical Marijuana doctor / pediatrician
Gary Johnson	...	Governor NM
Gary Johnson	...	Governor NM
Kosmo	...	Bloods - sales rep. South Central
Dennis Kucinich	...	Congressman
Mack Lindsey	...	Homeless drug user- comedian
Barry McCaffrey	...	Drug czar
Todd McCormick	...	Activist
Cynthia McKinney	...	Congresswoman
Dr. Robert Melamede	...	Researcher at the University of Colorado
Joe Moore	...	Hog farmer
Ralph Nader	...	Political watchdog
Jona Napier	...	Heroin Addict - Guitarist
Ron Paul	...	Republican Congressman
Joe Pietri	...	International Drug Smuggler
Jacki Raines	...	Deputy Carrizozo New Mexico
Frank Regan	...	Legal defense for Ricky Ross
Tom Rhodes	...	Himself
Darryl Lucky Rodgers	...	Bloods member
T. Rodgers	...	Bloods co-founder
Joe Rogan	...	Himself
Ronaldo	...	Amsterdam Crack smoker
Angela Ross	...	Sister of Ricky Ross
Freeway Ricky Ross	...	Himself - 'Wal-Mart' of Crack Cocaine
Craig X. Rubin	...	Reverend of Temple 420
Michael Rupert	...	Lapd narcotics (as Mike Rupert)
Mike Ruppert	...	LAPD narcotics officer
Pam Sakuda	...	Herself - Psilocybin user
Paul Scott	...	Himself - medical marijuana dispensary
Halena Shendo	...	Mescalero Apache Tribe member
Sherm	...	PCP user
Robert Steele	...	CIA clandestine officer
Michael Veiling	...	420 owner Amsterdam
John Walko	...	Meth smoker - Chain Gang member
Tayngy Washington	...	Crack smoker south central

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Sacred Cow Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by How Weed Won the West (2010)

One of the most informative documentaries I've ever seen!

I just happened to tune in to "American Drug War" on Showtime one morning and I was immediately sucked in. My eyes and ears were on sensory overload. I never knew our government was dealing with our "war on drugs" in such a way. What impressed upon me most was that that 50% of all current US prison inmates are non-violent drug offenders! Our government has made it a business to lock up drug offenders instead of treating their bad habits as a social problem and perhaps getting them treatment.

I have watched this documentary at least 5 times now and still bought it so I could share it's content with family and friends. The producer of this piece put a lot of heart into it and did his homework. We should all spread the word about it's content.