The House I Live In

October. 05,2012 NR

Rating：

7.9

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Prison Government Regulation Drug War

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

Eugene Jarecki as Himself - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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