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America's War on Drugs

The PATRIOT Act passed98 in favor, one Senator against, in the nameof fighting terrorism

[ Applause ] Parenti: The PATRIOT Act passed
98 in favor, one Senator against, in the name
of fighting terrorism

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Parenti: The PATRIOT Act passed 98 in favor,
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one Senator against, in the name of fighting terrorism.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:39
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 I was one of those young guys - America's War on Drugs 00:07
I was one of those young guys
S01 • E02 Carlos Lehder went on to really pioneer the explosion - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Carlos Lehder went on to really pioneer the explosion
S01 • E03 90% of the community was involved in selling drugs. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
90% of the community was involved in selling drugs.
S01 • E04 Actually, some of its main provisions - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Actually, some of its main provisions
S01 • E03 We're surrounded by crack, people being murdered, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
We're surrounded by crack, people being murdered,
S01 • E02 But few people at the time realize Lehder and Escobar - America's War on Drugs 00:15
But few people at the time realize Lehder and Escobar
S01 • E04 Narrator: Police will now be able to search and seize - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Police will now be able to search and seize
S01 • E03 Narrator: The crack trade is so dangerous for gang members, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: The crack trade is so dangerous for gang members,
S01 • E01 Narrator: While the CIA forms an alliance - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Narrator: While the CIA forms an alliance
S01 • E04 Over the coming years, the U.S. government will issue - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Over the coming years, the U.S. government will issue
S01 • E03 Often, it meant Blood against Blood, Crip against Crip. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Often, it meant Blood against Blood, Crip against Crip.
S01 • E04 Less than 1% will have to do with terrorism, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Less than 1% will have to do with terrorism,
S01 • E02 We were really playing Russian roulette with our lives. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
We were really playing Russian roulette with our lives.
S01 • E03 In charge of stopping the violence -- Daryl Gates, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
In charge of stopping the violence -- Daryl Gates,
S01 • E01 Two American spies have just arrived at Sandoz Laboratories, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Two American spies have just arrived at Sandoz Laboratories,
S01 • E04 The net effect, really, of -- of the PATRIOT Act - America's War on Drugs 00:09
The net effect, really, of -- of the PATRIOT Act
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:31
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S01 • E03 We have a war, a shooting war, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
We have a war, a shooting war,
S01 • E01 The mission -- corner the market on the world's supply - America's War on Drugs 00:07
The mission -- corner the market on the world's supply
S01 • E04 86 million Americans watch the Patriots battle the Rams. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
86 million Americans watch the Patriots battle the Rams.