Discussion Post
In 2012 in an interview about her documentary, Cocaine Unwrapped director Rachel Seifert told journalist Nick Curtis of the London Evening Standard, that:
"I don't have a moral issue with people taking cocaine, per se. I think we have to accept the fact that people will always take drugs. A lot of us have tried it, and a lot of people like it. If rich people in London want to take cocaine, then let them. But they have to acknowledge they are part of a chain, and should be standing up and demanding that it shouldn't be attached to death, destruction and blood at the other end." [emphasis added by Timmons]
Given that statement, answer the following questions in a post of three paragraphs (one paragraph to answer each of the enumerated questions).
• Is Seifert's statement:
o an assumption
o a hypothesis
o a form of analysis
o or political rhetoric?
• Describe how Seifert's film supports what Drugs: Policy, Social Costs, Crime and Justice author Zilney would call an "alternative approach" to drug control. What type of "alternative approach" is Seifert recommending?
• What questions does Seifert's documentary neither pose nor answer about contemporary drug control but which merit consideration?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.