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America's War on Drugs

Being close tothe world's biggest consumer of illegal drugshas been a good thing for the...

�¶ Wainwright: Being close to
the world's biggest consumer of illegal drugs
has been a good thing for the Mexican cartels --
not for Mexico itself, but for its criminal
organizations, this is a gift

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Wainwright: Being close to the world's biggest consumer
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of illegal drugs has been a good thing
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for the Mexican cartels -- not for Mexico itself,
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but for its criminal organizations, this is a gift.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:31
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.
S01 • E01 His job -- to conduct experiments for an operation - America's War on Drugs 00:06
His job -- to conduct experiments for an operation
S01 • E02 Enter American special interest - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Enter American special interest
S01 • E03 Narrator: A year after the King beating, while a jury deliberates - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Narrator: A year after the King beating, while a jury delibe...
S01 • E02 Narrator: By the mid-'70s, South America - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: By the mid-'70s, South America
S01 • E01 White pays prostitutes to lure their clients - America's War on Drugs 00:07
White pays prostitutes to lure their clients
S01 • E03 A movement is brewing to bring peace to the warring gangs -- - America's War on Drugs 00:07
A movement is brewing to bring peace to the warring gangs --
S01 • E01 George had a CIA safe house stocked with booze. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
George had a CIA safe house stocked with booze.
S01 • E02 The Cold War brought a conscious fear, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
The Cold War brought a conscious fear,
S01 • E04 Narrator: A decade after NAFTA helped turn Mexico - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Narrator: A decade after NAFTA helped turn Mexico
S01 • E01 George would sit behind this one-way mirror, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
George would sit behind this one-way mirror,
S01 • E03 In order for us to get the respect of law enforcement - America's War on Drugs 00:08
In order for us to get the respect of law enforcement
S01 • E02 The U.S. backs right-wing dictatorships - America's War on Drugs 00:08
The U.S. backs right-wing dictatorships
S01 • E04 The most dominant is the Juárez Cartel, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
The most dominant is the Juárez Cartel,
S01 • E01 [ Indistinct conversation ] - America's War on Drugs 00:09
[ Indistinct conversation ]
S01 • E02 Farah: In the Cold War, everything was viewed through - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Farah: In the Cold War, everything was viewed through
S01 • E03 Narrator: Inspired by the 1949 Egypt-Israel peace agreement, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: Inspired by the 1949 Egypt-Israel peace agreement,
S01 • E04 His mysterious death led to a power struggle - America's War on Drugs 00:15
His mysterious death led to a power struggle
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:15
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S01 • E03 [ Men shouting indistinctly ] - America's War on Drugs 00:08
[ Men shouting indistinctly ]
S01 • E01 ...and dose them with pure LSD-25. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
...and dose them with pure LSD-25.