DRUG WARS

The international drug trade is a complex tangle of violence and corruption that implicates anyone who comes into contact with it. This no-holds-barred documentary explores every facet of worldwide drug ... Full Descriptiontrafficking--from the kingpins who run it, to the law enforcement officials who fight it, to the users whose addictions fuel it--in a graphically brutal style that does not flinch from depicting the culture's seamier aspects. DRUG WARS utilizes exclusive interviews and covertly shot footage to document topics as diverse as the use of qat in Yemen; the gang wars and poverty of daily life in Brazil's drug-addled slums; political tensions erupting along the drug-smuggling borders of Thailand and Burma; the radical Swiss government program that provides heroin to addicts in an effort to combat drug-related crime; the fear-soaked texture of life in Colombia, where drug lords stage kidnappings and executions of those who dare to stand up to them; and, most hauntingly, the rise and fall of the world's most infamous drug czar, Pablo Escobar, including graphic footage of his violent death.