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Supply & Demand: Drug Trade's Virulent Affect on Social Classes In Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, America's illicit drug problem is examined through a series of intersecting storylines that view it as a business, a war, a high-level social a criminal activity and a painful family trauma. In the film, Soderbergh attempts to reveal that "with all these situations, somebody's connection to the world of drugs, whether its through selling, using, or policing, brings them into something that is bigger than they are." That "something" refers to the U.S.-Mexican drug war. As perceived by the general public in America, the drug trade is made out to be a misfortunate lower-class dilemma. However, the film's presentation of the drug trade reveals a much more comprehensive analysis that entails all classes in society. Traffic shows how the drug war is being waged from different fronts, how it crosses socio-economic lines, and how the consequences...

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