Dites simplement non: « Danser sur les cendres de la guerre contre la drogue »

Ce court métrage met à la lumière du jour les nombreuses statistiques inquiétantes concernant la « guerre contre la drogue » américaine, les arrestations liées aux drogues et le haut taux d’emprisonnement pour les délits liés aux drogues. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki told the performers in his new video to imagine they were "dancing on the ashes of the drug war," he says.

The short was launched to coincide with the legislative push for the Smarter Sentencing Act, a bill sponsored by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) that would reduce the length of mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenses, and would free thousands of people currently serving sentences handed down during a period of harsh crackdowns and dramatic racial disparities in sentencing and enforcement.

This short film highlights many troubling statistics as regards the U.S. war on drugs, drug-related arrests and the higher imprisonment rate for drug crimes.

Have a look to the video below:

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