Beyond the hysteria of Reefer Madness and past the deceptive lessons of Just Say No, HIGH exposes the true story of America’s war on drugs. Using government statistics, expert interviews and a large dose of humor, HIGH takes a fresh look at this hot button issue and asks just how much this “war” costs the American taxpayer.
We pour almost endless resources (roughly $50 billion each year) into catching, trying, and incarcerating people who primarily harm themselves, thereby damaging and endangering communities and draining crucial resources from the police, courts, and prisons that could be used to combat serious street crime[and Corporate crime] that directly violate the public’s liberty, health, safety, trust, and financial well-being. As with alcoholics and nicotine addicts, the approach to drug addicts should be rehabilitation, not incarceration. – Ralph Nader
How the U.S. government operates, whether it knowingly misinforms the public and who benefits from its policies should be an important question for every citizen, of every political party. Director John Holowach provides both the necessary historical background and current events for sober answers on marijuana in our modern society
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