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America's War on Drugs

He's also lininghis own pockets

He's also lining
his own pockets

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He's also lining his own pockets.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:45
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 • 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...
S01 • E01 Moran: When the CIA is focused on a mission, - America's War on Drugs 00:18
Moran: When the CIA is focused on a mission,
S01 • E03 Grim: People understand that a pseudoephedrine precursor - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Grim: People understand that a pseudoephedrine precursor
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:06
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S01 • E02 Now Vice President Bush is put in charge - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Now Vice President Bush is put in charge
S01 • E03 Uh, and the pharmaceutical industry realizes - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Uh, and the pharmaceutical industry realizes
S01 • E04 [ Conversation in Spanish ] - America's War on Drugs 00:12
[ Conversation in Spanish ]