Music Booth started the rock band Year Zero, with Brent Ballard, Robert Reilly, Patrick Allen Brown and Ron Fair. Year Zero signed a major contract with
Chrysalis Records, and in 1987 released an album including the single
Hourglass. which became
Sacred Cow Productions. Booth produced most of Hick's videos, full-length comedy concerts, and CDs, After Hicks' death from pancreatic cancer in 1994, Booth produced
Rant in E Minor. In May 2005, Booth traveled to Britain to promote his first book
Bill Hicks – Agent of Evolution about his professional life and seventeen-year friendship with Bill Hicks; It was co-written by Michael Bertin. In 2012, Booth collaborated with several companies providing him the financial means to produce this documentary about the medicinal benefits of
marijuana. He also completed works about political issues, such as the
Waco siege and the
New World Order conspiracy theory.
Martial Law 9/11 Martial Law 9/11: Rise of The Police State (2005) was co-produced by Booth with
Alex Jones, who directed the documentary. It explores the changes in the United States since the
September 11 attacks.
American Drug War: The Last White Hope Booth directed
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007) to examine governmental policies concerning drugs since
Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs" in 1971. It examines the government's prosecution of users, incarceration of non-violent drug offenders, focus on marijuana (a "gateway" drug), and alleges a lack of focus on large corporations that launder drug money. The documentary explores the involvement of the
CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US, including the experiences of one of the
Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) "chief beneficiaries",
"Freeway" Rick Ross. Ross declared the war on drugs as the "last white hope". It was shown on
Showtime from 2008 to 2010 and won several awards for best feature documentary at film festivals in the United States. The documentary has also been shown in other countries, like South Africa, Canada and Australia. The second installment to American Drug War starts at the 2012 election that legalized recreational use in two states and the film follows the traumatic story of a young boy named Cash Hyde who is repeatedly denied cannabis oil, the only medicine that appears to shrink his brain tumor. ADW2 also documents the saga of filmmaker Booth and his wife becoming foster parents and encountering the over prevalent use of pharmaceuticals on foster kids. These stories and much more underline the film's theme of children being the ultimate victims of American drug policy. The film talks about the
United States Department of Health and Human Services 2003 patent on
cannabinoids. It also explores the prohibition of "ancient drugs" on children through the story of an infant named Cash Hyde who was diagnosed with brain cancer. The film shares findings of
Dr. Donald Abrams, Head of
Oncology at
San Francisco General Hospital, and a Canadian man named Rick Simpson who reportedly devised a new type of
cannabis oil used to treat serious illnesses. In the film Booth and wife Trae become foster parents and explore the issue of foster children being over-medicated. Booth and two
New York Times journalists filmed in
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to show how young boys are being recruited by
drug cartels. It is available through a "world-wide video-on-demand" system for theaters provided by
Gravitas Ventures' start up, TUGG.com, and
Warner Brothers. and later his documentary
American Drug War: The Last White Hope and lectured at universities For instance the
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) of
Tufts University brought Booth onto the campus in December 2012 to screen the film and talk with university students. In February 2012, the
University of New Hampshire's
NORML / SSDP group held an event for Booth. ==Personal life==