Episode
60 Minutes: A New Direction on Drugs, The Greatest, Little Jazz Man
Overview
Top drug official Michael Botticelli says the old war on drugs is all wrong; 60 Minutes revisits a classic 1996 segment on Muhammad Ali, who died at age 74; And, Joey Alexander plays jazz like a veteran, but he's just 12 years old.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 48
- Episode
- Episode 40
- Air date
- 2016-06-05
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
A New Direction on Drugs, The Greatest, Little Jazz Man is Episode 40 in Season 48 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2016-06-05. The runtime is 44 min.
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