The House I Live In

The war on drugs has never been about drugs.

110 mins
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

Himself - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Christopher St. John

Additional Writing

Sam Cullman

Producer

Shirel Kozak

Co-Producer

Robert Miller

Original Music Composer

Sam Cullman

Director of Photography

Derek Hallquist

Director of Photography

Joe Posner

Production Design

Brad Pitt

Executive Producer

John Legend

Executive Producer

Danny Glover

Executive Producer

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