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America's War on Drugs

The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment up under Daryl Gates, they was kind of looked atas gang...

[ Explosion ] [ Indistinct shouting ] Sherrills:
The Los Angeles Police
Department up under Daryl Gates, they was kind of looked at
as gang members themselves

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Sherrills: The Los Angeles Police Department up under Daryl Gates,
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they was kind of looked at as gang members themselves.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:15
Uploaded
Jul 01, 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 • E01 What's the answer to controlling people - America's War on Drugs 00:06
What's the answer to controlling people
S01 • E02 Why? Because Roberto feeds the people. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Why? Because Roberto feeds the people.
S01 • E02 Narrator: In the mid-'70s, Suárez switches his empire - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Narrator: In the mid-'70s, Suárez switches his empire
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:07
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S01 • E03 Man: [ Over radio ] It appears -- appears to be - America's War on Drugs 00:15
Man: [ Over radio ] It appears -- appears to be
S01 • E01 Sandoz even supplies the CIA with a receipt - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Sandoz even supplies the CIA with a receipt
S01 • E02 He began buying up large quantities of land, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
He began buying up large quantities of land,
S01 • E01 The CIA were scared stiff the KGB was gonna get all this LSD - America's War on Drugs 00:08
The CIA were scared stiff the KGB was gonna get all this LSD
S01 • E02 They had air strips hidden under the jungle canopy. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
They had air strips hidden under the jungle canopy.
S01 • E02 Levine: Roberto Suárez was in control of 60%-80% - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Levine: Roberto Suárez was in control of 60%-80%
S01 • E01 So they bought every drop of LSD in existence at that point. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
So they bought every drop of LSD in existence at that point.
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:08
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S01 • E01 They gave it to George White and let George start dosing people. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
They gave it to George White and let George start dosing peo...
S01 • E01 ¶ Hey, oh ¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:24
¶ Hey, oh ¶
S01 • E02 Pablo Escobar was just a customer of Roberto Suárez. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Pablo Escobar was just a customer of Roberto Suárez.
S01 • E04 [ Helicopter blades whirring ] - America's War on Drugs 00:12
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
S01 • E02 Narrator: DEA agent Michael Levine - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Narrator: DEA agent Michael Levine
S01 • E03 It's about this entire regime - America's War on Drugs 00:07
It's about this entire regime
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:22
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S01 • E02 I was part of an undercover team - America's War on Drugs 00:07
I was part of an undercover team