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America's War on Drugs

Soldiers phone in requests for songs like "Paranoid"by Black Sabbath and Van Halen's...

[ Rock music plays ] Soldiers phone in requests for songs like "Paranoid"
by Black Sabbath and Van Halen's "Panama." [ Rock guitar playing ]

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Soldiers phone in requests
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for songs like "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
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and Van Halen's "Panama."
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Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:34
Uploaded
Jul 01, 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 • E02 On September 11, 1973, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
On September 11, 1973,
S01 • E01 That was this threat, but it was far away. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
That was this threat, but it was far away.
S01 • E01 Suddenly, that threat - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Suddenly, that threat
S01 • E03 Undeterred, Noriega takes to the radio - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Undeterred, Noriega takes to the radio
S01 • E02 An American ally, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
An American ally,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon,
S01 • E02 Stratton: The best chemists in the world - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Stratton: The best chemists in the world
S01 • E04 He's been a CIA asset ever since. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
He's been a CIA asset ever since.
S01 • E02 When they cracked down on them, they split and left - America's War on Drugs 00:06
When they cracked down on them, they split and left
S01 • E04 The CIA wanted to get our guy positioned in power, - America's War on Drugs 00:13
The CIA wanted to get our guy positioned in power,
S01 • E03 Narrator: But Noriega is surrounded by the world's most powerful army - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: But Noriega is surrounded by the world's most...
S01 • E02 America's attempts to foster the replacement - America's War on Drugs 00:11
America's attempts to foster the replacement
S01 • E03 When he finally gives up 10 days later, it's agents from the DEA - America's War on Drugs 00:08
When he finally gives up 10 days later, it's agents fro...
S01 • E02 That, ultimately, was the beginning. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
That, ultimately, was the beginning.
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:12
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S01 • E01 Trafficante tells the agency men - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Trafficante tells the agency men
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S01 • E03 Wright: George Bush had to take out our ally - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Wright: George Bush had to take out our ally
S01 • E04 [ Gunfire ] - America's War on Drugs 00:05
[ Gunfire ]
S01 • E01 Parenti: The CIA is, from its very beginning, - America's War on Drugs 00:16
Parenti: The CIA is, from its very beginning,