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How to Make Money Selling Drugs

2012 · Film · documentary · 96 min

Part of Cocaine Cowboys Collection

Directed by Matthew Cooke

Documentary

Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

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  1. Positive_uze0Sep 27, 2018

    Here's my list of 10/10 documentaries:

    Biopics and Portraits:

    - Kung Fu Elliot (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3228302/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Listen to Me Marlon (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4145178/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Man on Wire (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - My Winnipeg (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093842/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - A Gray State (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6794380/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Valley Uprising (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3784160/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - You've Been Trumped (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943873/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    Environmental:

    - Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Cove (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313104/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Chasing Coral (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333054/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Virunga (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455224/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    Crime:

    - Cartel Land (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126304/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Act of Killing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375605/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Culture High (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778338/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4299972/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - West of Memphis (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - How to Make Money Selling Drugs (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276962/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Fear of 13 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5083702/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Brother's Keeper (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103888/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446610/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    Reflecting on Life and Death:

    - Given (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4890452/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Extremis (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5538078/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Touching the Void (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Attention: A Life in Extremes (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2846628/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    Society:

    - Israel vs Israel (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753960/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - Inside Job (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

    - The Overnighters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263996/?ref_=rt_li_tt)

  2. PositiveplongeurApr 9, 2015

    Few days ago I watched "The Culture High" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778338/) which highlights the connections between:

    - Prison-industry

    - Militarization of Police

    - Pharmaceutical industry

    - and Marijuana prohibition

    I highly recommend this flick. It is exceptionally well made in artistic as well as subject-specific regards.

    Also watch-worthy are "How to Make Money Selling Drugs" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276962/) which features a similar approach to the subject and "Narco Cultura" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2504022/) if you are interested in how this drug-crap even detrimentally influences what's left of Mexican culture.

  3. NeutralderwikiSep 26, 2013

    "How to make money selling drugs" also has a bit on Rick Ross: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276962/

  4. NeutralYverJul 22, 2013

    > A single search can now land you on a government list of accused pedophiles.

    The other day I used Google to find info about a movie called "How to Make Money Selling Drugs"[1]. As I typed the words, I thought to myself "I hope that doesn't get me on a government list." I can't imagine having to think twice before Googling "Lolita"[2].

    [1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276962/reference [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/reference