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America's War on Drugs

The DEA acts fastagainst the threat, securing its personnel, then launchesa preemptive...

�¶ Narrator: The DEA acts fast
against the threat, securing its personnel, then launches
a preemptive strike against the Tijuana Cartel

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Narrator: The DEA acts fast against the threat,
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securing its personnel,
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then launches a preemptive strike
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against the Tijuana Cartel.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:52
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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.
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 • E03 Grim: People understand that a pseudoephedrine precursor - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Grim: People understand that a pseudoephedrine precursor
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,
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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 ]
S01 • E02 Reporter: Those who have been asking for a fight - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Reporter: Those who have been asking for a fight
S01 • E03 Narrator: For the next 20 years, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: For the next 20 years,
S01 • E02 Now the war will be fought with a brain trust of expertise, - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Now the war will be fought with a brain trust of expertise,
S01 • E04 The Sinaloa Cartel's now coming for Tijuana's turf. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
The Sinaloa Cartel's now coming for Tijuana's turf...
S01 • E03 Parenti: Mainstream pharmaceutical companies - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Parenti: Mainstream pharmaceutical companies