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America's War on Drugs

The CIA turns a blind eye to Vang Pao's growingheroin operation

Narrator:
The CIA turns a blind eye to Vang Pao's growing
heroin operation

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Narrator: The CIA turns a blind eye
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to Vang Pao's growing heroin operation.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:25
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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 • E04 Chapo arranges a meeting at his mountaintop compound - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Chapo arranges a meeting at his mountaintop compound
S01 • E02 Narrator: Bush asks Aronow to build him a fleet of chase boats - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Bush asks Aronow to build him a fleet of chase boa...
S01 • E01 But Tony Poe didn't come to Laos to enrich a local drug lord. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
But Tony Poe didn't come to Laos to enrich a local drug...
S01 • E03 I got OPD." I said, "Where's AC/DC at?" you know, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
I got OPD." I said, "Where's AC/DC at?" ...
S01 • E02 Aronow calls the boats Blue Thunder, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Aronow calls the boats Blue Thunder,
S01 • E01 [ Indistinct shouting ] - America's War on Drugs 00:04
[ Indistinct shouting ]
S01 • E04 El Chapo wants to know, can they deliver? - America's War on Drugs 00:04
El Chapo wants to know, can they deliver?
S01 • E01 Tony Poe hated Vang Pao 'cause he knew he was selling drugs. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Tony Poe hated Vang Pao 'cause he knew he was selling d...
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:07
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S01 • E02 Reporter: When you want to look tough on drugs, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Reporter: When you want to look tough on drugs,
S01 • E03 The Feds charged me with 350 pounds of meth - America's War on Drugs 00:09
The Feds charged me with 350 pounds of meth
S01 • E01 Tony Poe was actually the model - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Tony Poe was actually the model
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:05
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S01 • E04 [ Speaking Spanish ] - America's War on Drugs 00:05
[ Speaking Spanish ]
S01 • E03 Nobody wants to be a drug dealer, I mean, I don't think. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Nobody wants to be a drug dealer, I mean, I don't think...
S01 • E02 -Speed -- 20. -Side 8-4-0. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
-Speed -- 20. -Side 8-4-0.
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Blue Thunder fleet is dispatched - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: The Blue Thunder fleet is dispatched
S01 • E04 Having those lines of distribution - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Having those lines of distribution
S01 • E01 And I said to him, "Did you get that from Brando, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
And I said to him, "Did you get that from Brando,
S01 • E03 So I'll get bonded out. No big deal." - America's War on Drugs 00:07
So I'll get bonded out. No big deal."