The House I Live In (2012)

The war on drugs has never been about drugs.

In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Eugene Jarecki

Self - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jim Webb

Self (archive footage)

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