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America's War on Drugs

"If you're gonnacut off somebody's head, well, we have to be ableto do it, too, to show...

America's War on Drugs • S01E04 • 2017

"If you're gonna
cut off somebody's head, well, we have to be able
to do it, too, to show our commitment to taking
over this piece of territory." That really was the epicenter
for the expansion of the levels of violence that we would come to see
in future years in the drug war

Full Transcript

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"If you're gonna cut off somebody's head,

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well, we have to be able to do it, too,

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to show our commitment to taking over this piece of territory."

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That really was the epicenter for the expansion

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of the levels of violence

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that we would come to see in future years in the drug war.

Duration

18 seconds

Views

29

Timestamp in Movie

00:33:02

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.