Summary for : National Geographic: Drugged – High on Cocaine
Cocaine: a powerful and a destructive drug glamorized by models, rock stars and celebrities. We zoom inside the human body from the moment the substance enters our systems. With the guidance of doctors, we learn about the intense highs and painful lows of one of the most widely used stimulants in the U.S.source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
Summary for : National Geographic: Inside – Miami Drug Cartel
In the 1980s, Miami was a playground for the rich and famous. But behind the fun in the sun, an underground cocaine war was escalating. South American drug cartels would forever change the face of sunny Miami. source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
Summary for :Veronica Alice Mannix: Through a Blue Lens
Constable Al Arsenault, along with six other policemen, document the people on their beat to create a powerful film about drug abuse. This group of officers developed a unique relationship with addicts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In this documentary, drug addicts talk openly about how they got to the streets and send a powerful message of caution to others about the dangers of drug abuse.source:nfb.ca
Pablo Escobar was the biggest cocaine druglord, in the history of Colombia and the United States. He ruled the Colombian Medellin Cartel with an iron fist, by murdering police officers, judges, and presidential candidates. He even blew up a commercial plane out of the sky. Eventually Colombia would have to get assistance from America to track down and assassinate Pablo.source:.amazon.com
This is a series looking at the 20th century history of once legal drugs and how they came to be illegal. The politics behind the changes are shown for the most part. The economic threat hemp posed to the cotton, wood pulp, and paper industries is ignored as is the economic threat to the individuals who ran those industries. The series shows the changing public attitude for and against these drugs. The free use of these drugs was once considered a Constitutional right of the American citizen. The racism behind making the drugs illegal is also shown.source:imdb.com
Summary for : Cocaine Cowboys 2 : Hustlin’ with the Godmother
Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco, who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco’s lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business. Also known as “The Black Widow” for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she’s done with them, Blanco will stop at nothing to ensure that Charles is faithful to her. Cosby soon learns that he’s in way over his head.source:imdb.com
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago – and it put the city on the map. “Cocaine Cowboys” is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.source:imdb.com
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