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A Colossal Failure: Sundance Award-Winning Film Sheds New Light on Destructive Drug War

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 31, 2012.

Amy Goodman interviews the Director of "The House I Live In" to explore the horrific failures of drug war, as well as the argument for a public health approach.

Why the Creator of 'The Wire' Turned the Camera to New Orleans

Vince Beiser, The Progressive. April 26, 2011.

Police, drugs, and prisons figure into the storylines of David Simon's show "Treme," but the show narrows on New Orleans' musicians, and what they mean for the city.

Bill Moyers Talks Drugs, Crime, Journalism and Democracy with Creator of 'The Wire'

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 21, 2009.

HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire" creator David Simon talks about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism.

Journalism, the Drug War and Democracy: Bill Moyers' Must-See Interview with 'The Wire' Creator David Simon

David Sirota, Open Left. April 20, 2009.

Simon is firing on all cylinders throughout the interview, but I found this statement on the politics of the drug war particularly poignant.