The House I Live In

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delysid d Imagine how boring a Drug Free America would actually be Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/09/19 Full Review jed i 6.7/10 — "Okay"/"Decent"/"Watchable" Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-researched documentary on the futile 'War on Drugs' which has been going on in the U.S. for almost half a decade ("futile" because it massively increased prison numbers while failing to reduce drug use). According to director Eugene Jarecki's comment, the U.S. led the world-wide ranking of incarcerated citizen per capita -- five years later, they 'only' are number two. Autor and TV writer David Simon's comment on the growing prison industry: "All these Americans we don't need anymore -- let's see if we can make money off locking them up." Which reminds me of a line in George Clinton's song "U.S. Custom Coast Guard Dope Dog": "There's more profit in pretending that we're stopping it, than selling it." In the end of the frustrating film, Abraham Lincoln scholar Richard Lawrence Miller points out that the racist aspects of the current 'War on Drugs' have a long history. He argues that legal substances were frequently demonized only when it became clear that making them illegal could help keep a threatening minority in check. (As one example, Miller cites 19th century opium laws on the West Coast directed at Chinese immigrants.) Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing, thought provoking, enlightening & terrifying. I've recommended this to pretty much anyone I can. Wonderful documentary. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member absolutely heartbreaking, mind boggling, frustrating....one of the best docs I have ever seen. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent documentary on the failure of the war on drugs, sentencing bias, and unintended consequences that cause us to jail a higher percentage of our population than any other country. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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