The House I Live In

Eugene Jarecki, Oct 5, 2012

Runtime 109 minutes

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America’s criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

The story of how the war on drugs impacts the American society since it started with Nixon in the early seventies and throughout the decades ever since. How the system makes druguse a crime and private jails a success by filling them up with the criminals created.

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Breaking the Taboo

Sam Branson, June 3, 2011

Runtime 58 minutes

Narrated by Morgan Freeman

Brazilian documentary from 2011 narrated by Morgan Freeman that explores the conclusion reached by the Global Commission on Drug Policy in 2011 that drug liberalization is the best approach in dealing with drug policy.

In a little short of an hour in high pace it highlights experts, presidents and 4 decades of drug policy from all over the world in relation to the USA.

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When we grow, this is what we can do

Seth Finegold, April 4, 2011

Runtime 50 minutes

“When We Grow…This Is What We Can Do” is an educational documentary concerning the facts about cannabis. In this feature length documentary industrial hemp, medicinal cannabis, the origins of cannabis prohibition to the legality of growing equipment among others are explored.

A film by Seth Finegold, presented by Luke Bailey featuring interviews with Professor David Nutt, Mr. Peter Reynolds and Ms. Sarah Martin.

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Run From the Cure

Rick Simpson, 2008

Runtime 58 minutes

In 1997 after a serious head injury Rick sought relief from his medical condition through the use of hempoil. When Rick discovered that the hempoil cured cancers and other illnesses, he tried to share it with as many people as he could free of charge, curing literally hundreds of people. When the story went viral, the law snatched the medicine leaving Rick with charges of possessing and trafficking marijuana.