Our Drugs War

Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Angus Macqueen, published by Channel 4 in 2010 - English narration


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Our Drug's War
Documentary series examining the global story of drugs, from Afghanistan's poppy fields to the streets of New York and the estates of Edinburgh


1)  Everyones at It 
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. Film-maker Angus Macqueen visits one such estate with two volunteers for drugs charity Crew. They show him how the drug trade operates on a day-to-day basis in front of - and often with the participation of - children, some as young as eight. While all social classes use drugs equally, 70% of addicts have left school by the age of 16 and 85% are unemployed. The police fail to control supply - in Scotland seizing just one per cent of the heroin consumed - criminals make money, and demand only increases. With the advent of synthetic drugs like GBL, which itself was until recently quite legal and easily available online, banning and policing are becoming ever more random and ineffectual. 


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 * Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
 * Video Bitrate: 1955 kbps
 * Video Resolution: 704 x 400
 * Video Aspect Ratio: 1.760
 * Frames Per Second: 25
 * Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
 * Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
 * Audio Streams: 2ch
 * Audio Languages: English
 * RunTime Per Part: 46:52.mins
 * Number Of Parts: 3
 * Part Size: 701 MB
 * Subtitles: None
 * Source: DVB-rip
 * Ripped by: artistharry



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1)  Further Information 
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3294