The War on Drugs

The War on Drugs

Infobox Film
name = The War on Drugs
director = Sebastian J. F.
producer = Sebastian J. F.
writer = Fate
starring = Sharanda Jones
Richard Paey
Kevin C. Whaley
Flora T.
Francisco Santos Calderón
Jorge Enrique Botero
Ethan Nadelmann

distributor = parallel universe
released = flagicon|Austria October 12, 2007
runtime = 99 min.
language = English and Spanish
imdb_id = 0990452

"The War on Drugs" is a film documentary on the War on Drugs. It shows how the War on Drugs is being fought on various fronts: In Colombia the film follows the efforts to eradicate the coca and poppy plants under Plan Colombia. In the United States the cases of Richard Paey and Sharanda Jones illustrate the effects for individuals and society. Above all hovers the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The films first public screening was on March 20, 2007 at the Diagonale film festival in Graz, Austria.

The film was released in Austria on October 12, 2007.

The War on Drugs is the second film from Parallel Universe.

ee also

*War on Drugs
*Plan Colombia
*Pablo Escobar
*Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

External links

* [http://www.war-on-drugs.com/ The War on Drugs]
* [http://www.dea.gov/ DEA]
* [http://www.diagonale.at/jart/projects/diagonale-2007/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=&content-id=1173087064363&film=1165162178855#aktiv Diagonale]


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