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America's War on Drugs

In the early '90s, the flow of cocainecoming into L.A. via Mexico has made the city the...

In the early '90s, the flow of cocaine
coming into L.A. via Mexico has made the city the center
of the crack-cocaine epidemic

Full Transcript

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In the early '90s,
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the flow of cocaine coming into L.A. via Mexico
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has made the city the center of the crack-cocaine epidemic.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:35
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 • E02 Carlos Lehder was a visionary when it came to logistics. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Carlos Lehder was a visionary when it came to logistics.
S01 • E01 [ Indistinct shouting ] - America's War on Drugs 00:09
[ Indistinct shouting ]
S01 • E02 The man who figured out the best smuggling routes - America's War on Drugs 00:06
The man who figured out the best smuggling routes
S01 • E04 Narrator: Ahmed Wali Karzai, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Narrator: Ahmed Wali Karzai,
S01 • E02 The round trip flight from Colombia to Florida - America's War on Drugs 00:08
The round trip flight from Colombia to Florida
S01 • E01 ...but Castro is onto both the poison plot... - America's War on Drugs 00:05
...but Castro is onto both the poison plot...
S01 • E03 Battles over the crack trade - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Battles over the crack trade
S01 • E03 L.A. County sees over 2,500 murders in 1992, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
L.A. County sees over 2,500 murders in 1992,
S01 • E02 So Lehder finds a small Bahamian Island with a long runway. - America's War on Drugs 00:07
So Lehder finds a small Bahamian Island with a long runway.
S01 • E04 Peters: Ahmed Wali Karzai, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Peters: Ahmed Wali Karzai,
S01 • E02 Wright: Norman's Cay was a stroke of genius - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Wright: Norman's Cay was a stroke of genius
S01 • E04 He was the guy that made sure those trucks got through. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
He was the guy that made sure those trucks got through.
S01 • E01 Over 100 CIA-trained soldiers are killed, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Over 100 CIA-trained soldiers are killed,
S01 • E03 De la Cruz: Most people don't understand that even though - America's War on Drugs 00:16
De la Cruz: Most people don't understand that even thou...
S01 • E02 He buys up half the properties on the island in cash - America's War on Drugs 00:07
He buys up half the properties on the island in cash
S01 • E04 Moran: The CIA thinks that we're really fighting - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Moran: The CIA thinks that we're really fighting
S01 • E01 But Felix Rodriguez and the other leaders of Operation 40 - America's War on Drugs 00:09
But Felix Rodriguez and the other leaders of Operation 40
S01 • E02 Carlos Lehder took over and threw all the normal people - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Carlos Lehder took over and threw all the normal people
S01 • E04 And this War on Drugs, it's a losing battle - America's War on Drugs 00:06
And this War on Drugs, it's a losing battle
S01 • E03 Smoke some crack cocaine, and you see somebody, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Smoke some crack cocaine, and you see somebody,