The Oscar-nominated film Traffic is praised for sparking a new American debate about the “War on Drugs.”
Its gritty, interwoven storylines take us from sun-baked Mexico and upscale Cincinnati, to the White House and posh L-A. Along the way, the film throws down the gauntlet to a liquor-sipping, pill-popping American public just trying to take the edge off after a long, hard day. Or does it? After all, isn’t there more to the war on drugs than over-privileged white kids getting a fix in the bathroom? What about the million Americans … mostly minorities — in prison for drug-related offenses?
And while Michael Douglas’ big screen drug czar declares the war on drugs to be all but futile, has anyone noticed the vacancy in the real-life office of the drug czar? We’re connecting with the film Traffic and taking it to the frontline of America’s “War on Drugs.”
Guests:
Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Lindesmith Drug Policy Foundation
Tim Golden, New York Times reporter and consultant for the film “Traffic”
and Retired General Barry McCaffrey, former Clinton Administration Drug Czar.