@article{1355830,
      recid = {1355830},
      author = {Moser, Brian,},
      title = {Lines of blood the drug war in Colombia / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (52 min.).},
      year = {1992},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {This is a powerful investigation of the drug war which is  raging in Colombia, the cocaine capital of the world. For  almost a decade, the United States, backed by Britain and  other Western countries, has tried to smash the powerful  and wealthy drug cartels with little success. Coca growing  has increased and has now spread into new areas. For 5,000  years the Indians of the Andes have relied on coca, the raw  material of cocaine, to ease the harsh realities of their  life. Coca has been at the very heart of their culture and  economy. But when Western- ers began reducing it down to  make cocaine, a savage industry of vast proportions was  unleashed. Murder and terrorism have become commonplace as  drug cartels protect their territory.The film criticizes  the rigidity of U.S. policy which doggedly pursues the  foreign producers and traffickers, while ignoring the  domestic social problems that create the demand.  Extradition of drug traders to stand trial in the United  States has led to a blood bath against judges, politicians  and law enforcement agents in Colombia. And meantime, poor  people in inner cities of both countries have had their  lives torn apart by the drug scourge.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355830},
}