FooFoo Dust: Anti Meth Advert

This sample public service announcement by documentary filmmaker Gina Levy would never run in the United States.  Four-letter words aside, the use of actual drug addicts rather than actors is generally taboo in U.S. broadcast markets.  What explains this prohibition?

The other interesting thing about this clip is how this selection of footage is edited to send a very different message from Levy’s full-length documentary about this mother and son pair of addicts, “Foo Foo Dust”, which emphasizes their humanity as well as their abjection.