Monday, 16 August 2010

The total farce - hypocrisy of the Afghanistan War

Our Drugs Wars





Our Drugs War

Series & Episodes

  • Birth of a Narco-StateAngus Macqueen

    First broadcast: Monday 16 August 2010, 8pm on Channel 4

    The third and final part of Angus Macqueen's exploration of the failure of present drugs polices takes the viewer to the frontline. Birth of a Narco-State shows how the war on drugs is actually fuelling the long-term civil war in Afghanistan, possibly creating what he calls a 'Narco-Theocracy': a toxic mixture of drugs money and religious extremism.

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  • The Life and Death of a DealerThomas Winston Memorial

    First broadcast: Monday 09 August 2010, 8pm on Channel 4

    The Queensbridge Estate in New York lies within sight of the Manhattan skyscrapers, but is seemingly a world away. The largest housing complex in Queens, it is regularly raided by police to break up massive drug operations.

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  • Everyone's at ItOur Drugs War

    First broadcast: Monday 02 August 2010, 8pm on Channel 4

    One in six British citizens have used class-A drugs. Focusing on Scotland - named by the UN as Europe's drug capital - the first episode shows the stark contrast between Edinburgh's rich city centre and its underprivileged estates, where up to 60-70% of the residents can be drug users.