NEW YORK (AP) - While a lung-full of marijuana can reduce some potheads to a puddle of silliness and sloth - you know who you are - the fact remains: Pot can serve a host of creative uses. Case in point: Bill Maher. Since premiering 13 years ago with "Real Time," which HBO airs live on Fridays at 10 p.m., Maher has provided an essential forum for smart discussion about politics and culture, with his opening monologue often the sharpest, bestcrafted topical humor on TV. [continues 327 words]
FRONTLINE: DRUG WARS 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday Ch. 9 9 p.m. Oct. 16 and 23 Ch. 54 NEW YORK -- After three decades, the war on drugs is largely a bust. That's one finding of "Drug Wars," an epic exploration into the U.S. government's battle to stem the flow of illegal drugs. Examinations of the drug problem are usually framed from the perspective of the users or the cops who bust them on the street. But the four-hour "Frontline" report, which PBS airs tonight and Tuesday, lets viewers hear from high-level government officials and traffickers, drug agents and drug lords, including men who once headed Colombia's notorious Medellin cartel, which the film identifies as the world's largest-ever criminal syndicate. [continues 532 words]
NEW YORK--After three decades, the war on drugs is largely a bust. That's one finding of "Drug Wars," an epic exploration into the United States government's battle to stem the flow of illegal drugs. Examinations of the drug problem are usually framed from the perspective of the users or the cops who bust them on the street. But the four-hour "Frontline" report, which PBS airs Monday and Tuesday at 9 p.m. EDT, lets viewers hear from high-level government officials and traffickers, drug agents and drug lords, including men who once headed Colombia's notorious Medellin cartel, which the film identifies as the world's largest-ever criminal syndicate. [continues 702 words]
