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America's War on Drugs

First soldas a cure-all for fatigue, methamphetamine affectsthe central nervous system,...

Narrator: First sold
as a cure-all for fatigue, methamphetamine affects
the central nervous system, instantly giving users a heightened sense
of focus and energy

Full Transcript

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Narrator: First sold as a cure-all for fatigue,
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methamphetamine affects the central nervous system,
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instantly giving users
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a heightened sense of focus and energy.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:43
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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 • E04 Narrator: Lalo will escape all prosecution. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Narrator: Lalo will escape all prosecution.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Within months, Kesey will be hired as a nurse's aid - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: Within months, Kesey will be hired as a nurse'...
S01 • E04 The Juárez Cartel will soon face an enemy - America's War on Drugs 00:14
The Juárez Cartel will soon face an enemy
S01 • E01 Perhaps the CIA never meant to "turn on" Ken Kesey, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Perhaps the CIA never meant to "turn on" Ken Kesey...
S01 • E03 Nazi soldiers take it - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Nazi soldiers take it
S01 • E03 Meth first takes hold in the United States in the 1950s, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Meth first takes hold in the United States in the 1950s,
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Cartel leaders respond by putting together - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Narrator: The Cartel leaders respond by putting together
S01 • E01 Soon, he is turning his friends on to acid, - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Soon, he is turning his friends on to acid,
S01 • E04 O0 C1 - America's War on Drugs 00:07
O0 C1
S01 • E02 Cartel hit men hunt down and execute M-19 rebels one by one. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Cartel hit men hunt down and execute M-19 rebels one by one.
S01 • E03 But America's biggest amphetamine users - America's War on Drugs 00:06
But America's biggest amphetamine users
S01 • E01 Stratton: It created the counterculture, as we know it, of the '60s. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Stratton: It created the counterculture, as we know it, of t...
S01 • E02 When they can't find one, they kill their families. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
When they can't find one, they kill their families.
S01 • E01 All that was a kind of blowback, or backfire, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
All that was a kind of blowback, or backfire,
S01 • E03 Announcer: American women often have the deciding voice - America's War on Drugs 00:15
Announcer: American women often have the deciding voice
S01 • E02 The brutality is shocking even by Colombian standards. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
The brutality is shocking even by Colombian standards.
S01 • E02 Wright: When the Colombians had a grudge, - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Wright: When the Colombians had a grudge,
S01 • E04 Narrator: 200 Mexican soldiers - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Narrator: 200 Mexican soldiers
S01 • E01 It was the CIA that introduced LSD to the United States. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
It was the CIA that introduced LSD to the United States.
S01 • E03 You would actually see in magazine ads - America's War on Drugs 00:06
You would actually see in magazine ads