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And that was a powerful message to the elites
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America's War on Drugs

And that was a powerful messageto the elites in ways that terrified them

And that was a powerful message
to the elites in ways that terrified them

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And that was a powerful message to the elites
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in ways that terrified them.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:56
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Talos Films

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Movie Summary

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
S01 • E04 You know, "Hey, come get your pills, come get your pills." - America's War on Drugs 00:06
You know, "Hey, come get your pills, come get your pill...
S01 • E03 Narrator: Clinton passes the 1994 Violent Crime Control - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: Clinton passes the 1994 Violent Crime Control
S01 • E01 Stratton: It was really kind of a political-social movement. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Stratton: It was really kind of a political-social movement.
S01 • E01 But in order to keep that movement going, you need money. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
But in order to keep that movement going, you need money.
S01 • E03 It puts 100,000 more cops on the streets - America's War on Drugs 00:06
It puts 100,000 more cops on the streets
S01 • E04 Narrator: It wasn't long before the lucrative business - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Narrator: It wasn't long before the lucrative business
S01 • E02 And they have the money, they have the power, - America's War on Drugs 00:05
And they have the money, they have the power,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Fortunately for the Brotherhood, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Narrator: Fortunately for the Brotherhood,
S01 • E04 [ Camera shutter clicks ] - America's War on Drugs 00:12
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
S01 • E02 So you either play along with them - America's War on Drugs 00:04
So you either play along with them
S01 • E03 There was a choice, and the answer was more drug war. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
There was a choice, and the answer was more drug war.
S01 • E01 William Mellon Hitchcock -- - America's War on Drugs 00:09
William Mellon Hitchcock --
S01 • E02 I actually met with Pablo Escobar Jr. years later. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
I actually met with Pablo Escobar Jr. years later.
S01 • E02 He went back to Colombia and met with Lara Bonilla's son - America's War on Drugs 00:08
He went back to Colombia and met with Lara Bonilla's so...
S01 • E03 Stratton: The ironic thing about it is that as Clinton was passing - America's War on Drugs 00:16
Stratton: The ironic thing about it is that as Clinton was p...
S01 • E01 Stratton: Billy Hitchcock was the scion - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Stratton: Billy Hitchcock was the scion
S01 • E04 Copycat pain clinics begin to pop up -- - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Copycat pain clinics begin to pop up --
S01 • E02 Narrator: As the country mourns Lara Bonilla's death, - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Narrator: As the country mourns Lara Bonilla's death,
S01 • E01 His father was the model for Tom Buchanan - America's War on Drugs 00:13
His father was the model for Tom Buchanan
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:14
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