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"Oliver Stone has said that the extreme drug war depicted in his new film Savages could one day become a reality.  Talking to MTV News, the director revealed that while Savages centres on an extreme situation, it is not inconceivable that such a thing could happen.  &amp;quot;We have quite a ride,&amp;quot; Stone explained. &amp;quot;It is set in a drug war. It&amp;#039;s set in California, and we have a new burgeoning industry here with young independent growers. It makes sense. It&amp;#039;s a hypothetical situation; it could happen.&amp;quot; Stone went on to voice his support for the legalisation of marijuana, as he believes that such a law would save lives and decrease much of the violence happening in the world. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s a tragedy what has happened, and I saw it coming 40 years ago, and it keeps going. And of course politicians keep making election promises. It&amp;#039;s an easy subject to win votes on,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;At the same time, a lot of money gets involved, and it&amp;#039;s built up into a huge industry in America and in Mexico, where we have criminal justice that has been perverted. We have victimless crimes all over our jails: 50% of our jail population is involved with victimless crimes, most of them with drugs.  &amp;quot;Money gets made by the prisons and the precept will take them private, you know that, and the politicians win votes, the prosecutors, the judges, the bailiffs, everything. It&amp;#039;s like the Pentagon: It never stops when you start.&amp;quot; Savages stars Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Salma Hayek.  It opens in the US today (July 6), and debuts on September 28 in the UK. Watch the trailer for Savages below:       Photo gallery - Oliver Stone&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Savages&amp;#039;:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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