The Life and Times of Social Rejects

The Life and Times of Social Rejects

In 1914, the U.S. government passed The Harrison Act. This began what would eventually become known as The War on Drugs. No other singular policy in U.S. history—no foreign war, no social program, no economic policy—has had a more disastrous and far-reaching effect on the people of this country than the prohibition of drugs. These laws, born of thinly veiled racism and class warfare, increase the value of drugs and embolden those very individuals for whom the laws purport to stop: the drug dealers. The Life and Times of Social Rejects is a 10-part television series currently in development by StandOff Studios. The focus of this groundbreaking series is true-life drug smugglers in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. Operating through several unique storylines — including a Georgia-based dealing ring called The Dixie Boys, a Kentucky-based smuggling syndicate known as The Company, the L.A.-based crack explosion of the early-80’s and the Nicaraguan Contra cocaine smuggling operation — The Life and Times of Social Rejects takes an in-depth look at the abject failings of this losing war that America continues to wage against her own people.