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UNITED STATES · 2000

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Steven Soderbergh
drug trafficking addiction corruption family dysfunction war on drugs
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Synopsis

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in

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