Breaking the Taboo (2011)

Original title

Quebrando o Tabu

Directed by

Fernando Grostein Andrade

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

58 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the history of the war on drugs from its origins in 1961. It presents the 2011 Global Commission on Drug Policy's argument that drug liberalization is a more effective approach.

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What happens

Breaking the Taboo is a 2011 Brazilian documentary film about the war on drugs. The film recounts the history of the war on drugs, beginning with the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Breaking the Taboo explores the conclusion reached by the Global Commission on Drug Policy in 2011 that drug liberalization is the best approach in dealing with drug policy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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