IW Archives 2008 May 22

Alex is joined by Kevin Booth, producer of the underground hit documentary American Drug War, to discuss the phony war on drugs, the wondrous benefits of hemp and why transnational corporations and the government are so hell bent on banning it, marijuana classification and why the government will not decriminalize it, and a caller relates a story about how he was assaulted and Tasered repeatedly by police for not having a headlight on his bicycle.