How to Make Money Selling Drugs

How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012) is Matthew Cooke's documentary, free to watch online on iFILM. The framing is deliberately brazen: ten "lessons" on climbing the drug trade, from street corner to cartel.

Underneath the mock how-to sits a hard look at America's war on drugs — who profits and why it keeps failing. Former dealers, prison staff, cops and pro-crackdown lobbyists all speak. On camera: Woody Harrelson, Susan Sarandon, rappers Eminem and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and The Wire creator David Simon. Each "level" raises the stakes.

Cooke cuts fast, with video-game graphics, but the argument lands cold: prohibition hits poor neighborhoods harder than it ever hits the market. This one's for viewers drawn to the economics and politics of the ban rather than crime glamour. Stream How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012) online on iFILM.