David Simon, creator of "The Wire" and "Treme", has gotten his new miniseries " Show Me a Hero" green-lit by HBO. "Show Me a Hero" is based on a book written by former New York Times and Huffington Post reporter Lisa Belkin that will be helmed by Oscar winning writer-director Paul Haggis and co-written by longtime collaborator Bill Zorzi who also worked with Simon on "The Wire".
, speaks about the wider factors involved in driving the US's controversial War on Drugs policy and its cumulative effects on society.