... the U.S. President's new drug czar, become intertwined, Traffic reveals that the illegal drug trade is a universal problem. Traffic gives an illuminating, although disturbing, depiction of the real world in which the drug trade embroils people of all classes. Furthermore, the film exposes the fundamental interplay between drugs' supply/demand and social class. By presenting the film through a series of muddled accounts, Soderbergh displays the complex links at play in the illegal U.S.-Mexican drug trade. Lacking a single plot, Traffic zooms in on three locations: Tijuana, Mexico, La Jolla, California, and the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. As the lives of the various characters unfold in the film, the vignettes eventually add up to an identifiable conclusion- players of all classes play distinct roles in the ongoing American drug war. However, to understand the complexities of the real world drug trade, it is important to understand the workings of social ...

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