Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch for the first time the documentary Breaking the Taboo. It is by far one of the most straightforward and realistic documentaries to accurately portrait the sad reality of our long time lost battle against the "War on Drugs".
This documentary is already 2 years old, it has some outdated facts, but the main argument is still so strong and heartbreakingly valid that it allows it to continue to be an extremely powerful educational and informative tool on the subject.
Very few documentaries on the subject have been able to gather such important personalities and leaders to speak so openly about such a taboo subject. Bill Clinton, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria, Jimmy Carter, Sir Richard Branson and Paulo Coelho are some of the few leaders who take us through their life long battles against the War on Drugs. Each one of them with different experiences and roles, but at the end all of them have the same conclusions: We can't continue fighting this war with violence, we can't continue treating this subject other than a health issue, we have to find the way to break the taboo.
It's content is an excellent introduction for a debate on the subject, as it was clearly shown yesterday, when I had the chance to be part of a wonderful discussion alongside personalities such as Gavin Newsom (California's Lieutenant Governor) Sir Richard Branson (Founder of Virgin Group), Laura Thomas (Drug Policy Alliance). A discussion that, among other things, proved how important it is to promote this type of content to spark many more debates around world. More debates that will hopefully help us change the failed approach on the subject and turn this "War" into a joint and peaceful effort for the control and eradication and drug trade and abuse.
what did Coelho have to say?
ReplyDeleteHe said we must change our plan of action. Violence in Brazil has brought only more violence. He supports the decriminalization and find an alternative way to tackle the issue as a health issue.
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