The war on drug

The House I live in was a very informative documentary and that I give a lot of credit to the director of the documentary, Eugene Jarecki. The documentary has enabled us to understand another angle of the situations of the drug war in the United States. Over the years, the government has been investing significant funds into tackling drug abuse in America. What is surprising is that efforts that had been by various administrations in the United States from the Reagan administration to President Bush's administration had caused a negative societal impact, one that affected, the families and societies of those convicted of drug use and drug peddling. The documentary also highlights the discrimination that exists in the prosecution of such cases. For example the prosecution of crack and powder cocaine.

I totally agree with the documentary, the facts put forward, and the issues raised in the documentary. However, I believe that in a way the documentary took a narrow perspective on the analysis of the issue and that as much as the efforts of the law enforcements and the government, in general, had caused significant harm, as a director I would look at the bigger picture on the United States government efforts on the war on drugs especially in relations to fighting the entry of drugs in the United States and it impacts. This is because we must recognize that is through the fight on the war on drugs that led to the capture of drug lords such as Frank Lucas, Pablo Escobar and many other drug kingpins. Such efforts significantly reduced the inflow of drugs into the United States and also reduced the number of people that could be affected by the drugs.