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America's War on Drugs

As Afghan heroinfloods the market, back at home,the Bush administration pushes througha...

�¶ Narrator: As Afghan heroin
floods the market, back at home,
the Bush administration pushes through
a new anti-terror law that will change the face
of the domestic War on Drugs

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Narrator: As Afghan heroin floods the market,
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back at home, the Bush administration
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pushes through a new anti-terror law
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that will change the face of the domestic War on Drugs.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:31
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 And it's here in South Florida - America's War on Drugs 00:08
And it's here in South Florida
S01 • E03 [ Sirens wailing, police radio chatter ] - America's War on Drugs 00:10
[ Sirens wailing, police radio chatter ]
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Medellin Cartel now has their own island. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Narrator: The Medellin Cartel now has their own island.
S01 • E01 Parenti: This army of Cubans that had been trained by the CIA - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Parenti: This army of Cubans that had been trained by the CI...
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S01 • E03 And two of America's most notorious gangs, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
And two of America's most notorious gangs,
S01 • E02 Planes land and take off around the clock, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Planes land and take off around the clock,
S01 • E01 And they looked around, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
And they looked around,
S01 • E02 Lehder is bringing in $20 million a month. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Lehder is bringing in $20 million a month.
S01 • E04 [ Applause ] - America's War on Drugs 00:18
[ Applause ]
S01 • E01 Narrator: The Bay of Pigs - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Narrator: The Bay of Pigs
S01 • E03 Narrator: By the early 1990s, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: By the early 1990s,
S01 • E03 Crime and murder rates are at all-time highs. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Crime and murder rates are at all-time highs.
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S01 • E01 Valentine: You start having this boom - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Valentine: You start having this boom
S01 • E04 We've seen the enemy and the murder - America's War on Drugs 00:08
We've seen the enemy and the murder
S01 • E03 Los Angeles has been flooded with crack cocaine - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Los Angeles has been flooded with crack cocaine
S01 • E02 I mean, these guys would party for days. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
I mean, these guys would party for days.
S01 • E01 Narrator: By the end of the '60s, - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Narrator: By the end of the '60s,
S01 • E02 It became nuts, completely insane. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
It became nuts, completely insane.