The film, illustrated by Molly Crabapple, explores how President Richard Nixon's 'War On Drugs' has evolved from bad to worse - and, specifically, how it disproportionately affects people of colour.

It's been posted as part of the New York Times' Op-Docs series. A blurb reads: "Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?"

Watch below.