The House I Live In

Eugene Jarecki
2012-10-05

The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
7.4
110 min

In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?

Cast

Name Character Team
Eugene Jarecki Himself - Narrator / Interviewer Unowned
Joe Biden Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Rudolph Giuliani Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
John McCain Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Nelson Rockefeller Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Unowned