Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits
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Genre: Documentary
Peter Findlay's Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits is an exhaustive examination of the opium poppy, from its history of pharmaceutical and recreational use, to its substantial force as a commodity providing economic support for countries around the world. From Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime, charged with the impossible task of preventing drug traffic over Afghanistan's borders???the opium trade is literally life and death.
Digging deep into the extreme power of this flower, Raw Opium challenges preconceived notions of harm reduction, causes and conditions of addiction and government involvement in both production and enforcement. The US "War on Drugs" is held up for particularly critical examination. Author/historian Gwynne Dyer sums it up best, when he snaps, "Are you winning* Just stop!"
Playing into the hands of the economic principal of supply and demand, the profits are as staggering as the production is cheap. Since 2001, when the US returned to Afghanistan, profits have jumped 200% to an estimated $50 million. Criminalizing the product makes it fantastically profitable. But as one interviewee points out, Afghan farmers growing poppies to feed their families are a world away from European politicians sitting in a well-appointed boardroom drafting policy.
Even as governments debate, and the US pours $70 million into a new drug enforcement campaign, business continues as usual. "Drugs are about money," says another interviewee. The struggle to control the drug trade is as intense as the hold heroin has over the lives of those who use it. With these realities exposed, the hard questions lie in how new initiatives are needed from all levels of those affected. With poppy crops expanding exponentially around the world, Raw Opium provides a critically important look at the severity of the situation and need for a new approach on a global scale.
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