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Cartel Land
A new film shows why the hunt for drug traffickers is bound to fail, says MARIA DUARTE
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FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
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JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Cartel Land (15), directed by Matthew Heineman
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MATTHEW HEINEMAN’S Cartel Land takes a first-hand look at the endless and fruitless war on drugs as the film-maker embeds himself in two vigilante groups waging battle on opposite sides of the US-Mexican border.
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