Kábítószer csempészés vádjával letartóztatják a török határon Billy Hayest. A hatóságok példát akarnak statuálni az amerikai fiatalemberrel, ezért harminc év börtönre ítélik. Billy a rácsok mögött embertelen pokolban találja magát. A kilátástalan helyzetben barátokra lel egy honfitársa, egy kábítószerfüggő angol értelmiségi és a meleg skandináv férfi személyében. Bár Billy tisztában van azzal, hogy az életével játszik, rászánja magát az "éjféli expresszre", ami a börtönszlengben szökést jelent. Az új barátai a segítségére sietnek. Billy Hayes és William Hoffer könyve alapján.
El Nino egy fiatal fiú, aki La Línea de la Concepciónban él, közel a Gibraltári-szoroshoz, és motorcsónakokat javít és tesztel. A barátjával, El Compival eltöltött éjszakai buli után találkoznak Halillal, egy fiatal muszlim férfival, akinek nagybátyja, Rachid drogdíler. El Compi meggyőzésére El Nino beleegyezik, hogy drogfutár legyen, motorcsónakjával átkelve, Afrikából Spanyolországba. A törvény másik oldalán Jesús, a veterán rendőr, kinek társa, Eva segítségével, El Inglés, a Gibraltári-szorosnál terjesztő, jelentős drogkereskedő után kutat.
El Muertes and El Jato travel to Morocco to get some chocolate but run into trouble when they are assaulted by locals. Magda, El Jato's girlfriend, waits for them in Algeciras where they decide to steal a car to get back.
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.
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.
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.
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
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”
“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.
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.