Afghan Heroin: The Lost War (2008)
• March 17th, 2008 • 0h 46min
Documentary
Overview
Afghan Heroin: The Lost War is a documentary which investigates how the war on terror in Afghanistan has unleashed heroin into the mainstream. Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on Earth. Some 90 per cent of the drug is grown in Afghanistan and this hard hitting documentary investigates how the War on Terror has inadvertently unleashed a massive supply of the deadly drug. After the Western coalition troops started their hunt for terrorist Osama Bin Laden and his Taliban allies in late 2001, the country torn apart from decades of war once more became the world’s opium growing capital. Many impoverished farmers had no choice but to grow the opium poppy to feed their families. The documentary delve into the devastating effects of addiction that includes shocking scenes of a young Norwegian couple hustling, scoring and shooting up several times a day in order to appease the monster inside them.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Electronic Awakening
Released on: 2011-01-01
Music, Documentary
A documentary following the conscious evolution of electronic music culture and the spiritual moveme...
The Fallen
Released on: 2008-11-15
Documentary
A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghan...
Kids On Ice
Released on: 2014-10-21
Documentary
Quiet towns across rural Australia are in the grip of an Ice epidemic. Major international drug cart...
Cocaine: History Between the Lines
Released on: 2011-08-30
History, Documentary, TV Movie
Cocaine has always gotten a bad rap, and for a reason. It is a drug used by the rich and the poor le...
The Forbidden Reel
Released on: 2020-03-03
Documentary, History
According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...
Taxi to the Dark Side
Released on: 2008-01-18
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo B...
Talibanerna inifrån
Released on: 2019-09-20
Documentary
"Inside the Talibans" - What will happen if the Talibans return to power? Swedish journalist Magda G...
Afghan Star
Released on: 2008-12-03
Documentary, Music
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse in...
Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife
Released on: 1994-04-09
Documentary
A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over ...
Drugs, Inc.: Dealer Pov
Released on: 2014-09-03
Documentary, Crime
Drug crews in New York, Atlanta, and Portland take us on a journey through their daily lives.
11 Septembre, l'avertissement du commandant Massoud
Released on: 2021-09-03
Documentary
On September 9, 2001, Commander Massoud, a hero of the Afghan resistance, was assassinated by two me...
Massoud the Afghan
Released on: 1998-09-30
Documentary, History
The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afgha...
Caravan
Released on: 2024-04-05
Documentary
The four Afghan refugees who have applied for asylum in Austria strike up the song, “The caravan mov...
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Released on: 2007-02-09
Documentary
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldier...
No Greater Love
Released on: 2017-11-10
Documentary, War
No Greater Love explores a combat deployment through the eyes of an Army chaplain, as he and his men...
War on Drugs: The Prison Industrial Complex
Released on: 1999-10-07
Documentary
The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are ...
Flee
Released on: 2021-06-17
Documentary, Animation
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child...
Life Ahead of Her
Released on: 2023-03-11
Documentary
La vie devant elle is the diary of the exile of Elaha, a 14 year old Afghan girl, who films herself ...