Media representation of the illegal drug trade

Drug smuggling was the topic of or played a major role in:

Documentary Film

 * ''American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)

Films

 * Reefer Madness (1936)
 * Easy Rider (1969)
 * The French Connection (1971)
 * Live and Let Die (1973)
 * Midnight Express (1978)
 * Scarface (1983)
 * The Untouchables (1987)
 * Bangkok Hilton (1989)
 * Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
 * Licence to Kill (1989)
 * Air America (1990)
 * Goodfellas (1990)
 * King of New York (1990)
 * New Jack City (1991)
 * Rush (1991)
 * Deep Cover (1992)
 * True Romance (1993)
 * Clear and Present Danger (1994)
 * Pulp Fiction (1994)
 * Clockers (1995)
 * Bad Boys (1995)
 * Trainspotting (1996)
 * Bullet (1996)
 * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
 * Brokedown Palace (1999)
 * Traffic (2000)
 * Requiem for a Dream (2000)
 * Saving Grace (2000)
 * Blow (2001)
 * The 51st State (2001)
 * Pure (2002)
 * Collateral Damage (2002)
 * Empire (2002)
 * Spun (2002)
 * City of God (2002)
 * 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
 * Bad Boys II (2003)
 * A Man Apart (2003)
 * Maria Full of Grace (2004)
 * Layer Cake (2004)
 * Starsky and Hutch (2004)
 * Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2005)
 * Miami Vice (2006)
 * Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
 * The Departed (2006)
 * How High (2001)
 * Protégé (2007)
 * Alpha Dog (2007)
 * American Gangster (2007)
 * Tropa de Elite (2007)
 * We Own the Night (2007)
 * No Country for Old Men (2007)
 * Pineapple Express (2008)
 * Tropic Thunder (2008)
 * Notorious (2009)

TV Series

 * The Wire (2002-2008)
 * ''Oz
 * Burn Notice
 * Breaking Bad
 * Traffic
 * Banged Up Abroad
 * El Cartel
 * ''Miami Vice
 * Kingpin
 * ''Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (miniseries)
 * Sons of Anarchy
 * ''The Shield
 * ''Twin Peaks
 * ''The Untouchables
 * ''Underbelly (miniseries)
 * ''CSI: Miami
 * Dark Blue
 * Weeds
 * NCIS

Novels
El Cartel de los Sapos
 * Go Ask Alice (1971)
 * Trainspotting (1993)
 * Crank (2004)
 * Glass (2007)
 * The Power of the Dog (2005)
 * Devil May Care (2008)
 * The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972)
 * Without Remorse
 * Tweak
 * Junk
 * Junky (1953)
 * Mr Nice (1996; basis of 2010 film Mr. Nice)