| Raw Opium | |
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| Directed by | Peter Findlay |
| Written by | Peter Findlay, Robert Lang |
| Produced by | Robert Lang |
| Distributed by | Kensington Communications |
Release date | |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Raw Opium is a 2011 documentary film produced by Robert Lang of Kensington Communications, directed by Peter Findlay and written by Peter Findlay and Robert Lang. The documentary examines the worldwide opium trade and the vast criminal and public health issues that have arisen from it.[3]
Raw Opium is a journey around the world and through time, where conflicting forces do battle over the narcotic sap of the opium poppy. From an opium master in southeast Asia to a UN drug enforcement officer on the border of Afghanistan hunting down the smugglers of Central Asia; from a former Indian government Drug Czar and opium farmer to a crusading Vancouver doctor and Portuguese street worker who daily confront the realities of drug addiction.
Shown is the pivotal role that has been played by the opium poppy, not just in the lives of people who grow, manufacture and use it, but also in the increasingly-tense sphere of international relations. In the process, assumptions about addiction and the War on Drugs are challenged.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/events/pacific-cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que1131-howe-street-vancouver-bc-v6z-2y6vancouverbritish-columb/world-premiere-of-raw-opium-pain-pleasure-profits-at-doxa-film-festival/871409616269865/ [user-generated source]
- ^ https://www.doxafestival.ca/sites/default/files/archive_poster/2011_doxa_program_web.pdf [dead link]
- ^ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime The Global Afghan Opium Trade: A Threat Assessment, UNDOC (July, 2011)