Billy Hayes (Brad Davis), un joven estadounidense, es detenido en el aeropuerto de Estambul cuando se dispone a subir a un avión con varios paquetes de hachís. Acusado de uno de los delitos más graves en Turquía, Billy es condenado a cuatro años de cárcel, donde sufrirá terribles penalidades en un sistema penal brutal e inhumano.
Gibraltar, el Estrecho. Apenas 15 kilómetros que separan al continente europeo de África. El lugar idóneo para hacerse de oro o morir en el intento atrapado por las olas. La tarea no es fácil, pues la recompensa no se recibe hasta conseguir hacer llegar la lancha con hachís a la otra orilla, esquivando por supuesto, todos los controles policiales aéreos y marítimos. "El niño" y "El Compi" saben que el mundo del narcotráfico da mucho dinero y esta es su oportunidad para iniciarse. Llevan toda la vida viviendo de ello, pero es hora de montar su propio negocio.
Una joven llamada Birmania asiste a una fiesta en la playa con su novio en la que fuma marihuana junto con otras chicas. A resultas de esa fiesta ella queda embarazada, mientras que otra de las chicas se ahoga mientras se zambulle en el océano. Birmania y su novio entran a trabajar a las órdenes de un traficante con el fin de ganar dinero y poder casarse. Sin embargo, durante una venta de drogas él es asesinado, dejando a Birmania desamparada. Ésta entonces se convierte en una traficante de drogas después de renunciar a su bebé en adopción...
El Muertes y El Jato se bajan al moro a pillar chocolate pero se encuentran con problemas cuando son asaltados por gente del lugar. Magda, la novia de El Jato, les espera en Algeciras donde para volver deciden robar un coche.
A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, Northern Morocco. The life of the people here has been shaped by the drug hashish for centuries. Hashish as daily work, hash as exchange currency, hashish as business, hashish as basis and philosophy of a social system, hashish as medium for dreams and hashish as reason for stagnation.
Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug. The start of a drug hell for all involved. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969
Four customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere being heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has an unsettling dream about the ills of alcohol, among other things.
This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kellman for Encyclopedia Britannica. “Weed: The Story of Marijuana” combines time-lapse, montage, illustrations, animation (by Paul Fierlinger and emigre Pavel Vošický) and dramatized, documentary-style interviews to survey the evolving role of cannabis in U.S. society, with emphasis on the legal risks faced by young people. A unique score of experimental synthesizer music is provided by Tony Luisi on an EMS VCS 3 “Putney”
A feature-length documentary that captures the passion of famous hashishin, Frenchy Cannoli, and his pursuit of quality hashish within the context of a changing legal landscape in California's cannabis industry.
“Use Your Eyes” is a police training film produced by the Alhambra Police Department, California, in 1970. It is intended to demonstrate to police officers how to search a residence for evidence of marijuana use, and what rights they have to search the property once certain prima facia evidence is established.
Hailing from Mohammedia, Tunisia, the film documents twelve years in the life of Mehrez. A gifted dancer and actor, but also irresistibly addicted to gambling and horse races, he struggles on a daily basis with himself and the bewildering contradictions of his country. In his unstoppable quest for truthful emotions, Mehrez defies all rules.