Analytical Look at “traffic” and the U.S. War on DrugsEssay title: Analytical Look at “traffic” and the U.S. War on DrugsHow effective is the United States war on drugs? This a question that Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, cracks wide open. Traffic follows three story lines and depicts the powerful force that is drugs. Robert Wakefield is the recently appointed drug czar who finds out his daughter Caroline is a drug addict. Javier Rodriguez is a cop in Mexico who is attempting his own war on drugs in the corrupt world of Mexican drug enforcement. Helena Ayala is a woman who has just recently found out about her husbands’ drug business when he was arrested in her home. Traffic shows the how the complex problem of drug control effects people of all walks of life, no matter how far removed they may think they are.

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