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America's War on Drugs

But what Poe doesn't realize is that Vang Paois not just fighting Communism

[ Helicopter blade whirring ] Narrator:
But what Poe doesn't realize is that Vang Pao
is not just fighting Communism

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Narrator: But what Poe doesn't realize
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is that Vang Pao is not just fighting Communism.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:34
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 Lower-level dealers begin buying Arnold's pure product - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Lower-level dealers begin buying Arnold's pure product
S01 • E02 As president, he promises to restore the crumbling economy, - America's War on Drugs 00:10
As president, he promises to restore the crumbling economy,
S01 • E04 Stratton: The power of these cartels - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Stratton: The power of these cartels
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:06
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S01 • E01 He's also lining his own pockets. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
He's also lining his own pockets.
S01 • E03 Grim: Crystal meth is nothing more, really, - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Grim: Crystal meth is nothing more, really,
S01 • E02 This is the "Miami Vice" era - America's War on Drugs 00:07
This is the "Miami Vice" era
S01 • E03 And it is a product of backyard cooks - America's War on Drugs 00:10
And it is a product of backyard cooks
S01 • E04 DEA agents have been killed in Mexico before. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
DEA agents have been killed in Mexico before.
S01 • E01 Northern Laos is in the heart of the Golden Triangle, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Northern Laos is in the heart of the Golden Triangle,
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:12
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S01 • E02 And so President Reagan put George Bush in charge of it - America's War on Drugs 00:06
And so President Reagan put George Bush in charge of it
S01 • E02 Narrator: George H.W. Bush, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: George H.W. Bush,
S01 • E01 Here, the Hmong have used opium for centuries as medicine. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Here, the Hmong have used opium for centuries as medicine.
S01 • E03 Narrator: Getting your hands on ephedrine or pseudoephedrine - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Getting your hands on ephedrine or pseudoephedrine
S01 • E02 George Bush was a fighter pilot. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
George Bush was a fighter pilot.
S01 • E01 But on the international drug market, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
But on the international drug market,
S01 • E03 And all of this new profit streaming in - America's War on Drugs 00:07
And all of this new profit streaming in
S01 • E02 Parenti: He later gets into the oil business - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Parenti: He later gets into the oil business
S01 • E04 They're working with one cartel to take out another cartel. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
They're working with one cartel to take out another car...