A Traffic Movie Essay

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Traffic is crime drama about crime that examines drug trafficking and it’s effects from four different and crucial perspectives: A law enforcement agent, politician, trafficker and a user. The stories of these characters are interconnected throughout the movie although some characters never actually meet. During the film we the audience has the chance to follow three different storylines. The first characters that we are introduced to have us follow a mid-level wholesale dealer who imports drugs from Mexico, two Mexican drug enforcement officers, and a high-level drug dealer who is disguised as businessman. We also meet an Ohio state Supreme Court judge who has fully given into to the idea of cracking down on drug. When he finds out that his teenage daughter is addicted to crack-cocaine, we notice an interesting shift in his judgment. The most interesting thing that found about this movie is that it is actually based on real life events. General Arturo Salazar is closely modeled after Mexican General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, who was secretly on the payroll of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, head of the Juarez Cartel. The character Porfirio Madrigal is modeled after Fuentes. The Obregón brothers are modeled …show more content…

That as well as the fact that most of the people getting arrested on drug charges are small time dealers and not the people making over a million a day. The War on Drugs has led to disproportionate arrests of people of color, which then leads to high prison populations and overcrowding inside prisons. The war on drugs has quickly changed into a war on those who can’t afford to go to rehab and don’t have the right connections. The movie didn’t really take a side, but I appreciated that it showed different views of the war on drugs. I think it is important to note that corruption in the government is a big issue within the war on

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