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America's War on Drugs

And yet we're completely baffled when we look at somebodylike Lori Arnold and ask, "Well,...

And yet we're completely baffled when we look at somebody
like Lori Arnold and ask, "Well, why would
this nice person from the Midwest
get into drug dealing?" Well, she was an American

Full Transcript

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And yet we're completely baffled
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when we look at somebody like Lori Arnold
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and ask, "Well, why would this nice person
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from the Midwest get into drug dealing?"
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Well, she was an American.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:25
Uploaded
Jun 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 Narrator: After years of attempts - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: After years of attempts
S01 • E01 When your moral compass starts to stray - America's War on Drugs 00:09
When your moral compass starts to stray
S01 • E02 Man #2: This guy's going to beach here - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Man #2: This guy's going to beach here
S01 • E04 Longmire: Gulf Cartel sent its enforcers, Los Zetas -- - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Longmire: Gulf Cartel sent its enforcers, Los Zetas --
S01 • E02 The Coast Guard soon realizes they have a problem. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
The Coast Guard soon realizes they have a problem.
S01 • E03 It unleashed the animal spirits of -- of her capitalism. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
It unleashed the animal spirits of -- of her capitalism.
S01 • E01 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:12
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S01 • E03 And meth, in -- in the short term for her, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
And meth, in -- in the short term for her,
S01 • E02 He was selling to both the federal government - America's War on Drugs 00:10
He was selling to both the federal government
S01 • E04 That paves the way for violence - America's War on Drugs 00:09
That paves the way for violence
S01 • E01 Parenti: Vang Pao is now unleashed to continue his drug dealing, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Parenti: Vang Pao is now unleashed to continue his drug deal...
S01 • E02 Narrator: While the Blue Thunder boats - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Narrator: While the Blue Thunder boats
S01 • E04 That was when we first started seeing - America's War on Drugs 00:07
That was when we first started seeing
S01 • E02 The cigarette boats Aronow sells the narcos beat them every time. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
The cigarette boats Aronow sells the narcos beat them every ...
S01 • E04 "If you're gonna cut off somebody's head, - America's War on Drugs 00:18
"If you're gonna cut off somebody's head,
S01 • E02 Ovalle: Was the flaw in Blue Thunder - America's War on Drugs 00:15
Ovalle: Was the flaw in Blue Thunder
S01 • E03 Narrator: Eventually, the DEA - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: Eventually, the DEA
S01 • E01 Man #2: Will LSD be in evidence - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Man #2: Will LSD be in evidence
S01 • E03 [ Sirens wailing, police radio chatter ] - America's War on Drugs 00:08
[ Sirens wailing, police radio chatter ]
S01 • E02 It was just so Miami - America's War on Drugs 00:11
It was just so Miami