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America's War on Drugs

I'm down by law ¶ Too many Crips, Growing up in Watts,we didn't have the more positive...

[ Sirens wailing ] ¶ [ Rapping ] I'm down by law
and I Crip my way around ¶ Too much ¶ Both: ¶ Too many Crips,
it's too much ¶ Sherrills: Growing up in Watts,
we didn't have the more positive black role models --
the Martins, the Malcolms

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¶ [ Rapping ] I'm down by law and I Crip my way around
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¶ Too much ¶
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Both: ¶ Too many Crips, it's too much ¶
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Sherrills: Growing up in Watts, we didn't have the more positive
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black role models -- the Martins, the Malcolms.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:21
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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 Carlos Lehder is so coked up at that time, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Carlos Lehder is so coked up at that time,
S01 • E04 These terrorists must be pursued. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
These terrorists must be pursued.
S01 • E02 George Jung, the guy who really got him started - America's War on Drugs 00:05
George Jung, the guy who really got him started
S01 • E01 The seeds of the War on Drugs have been planted. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
The seeds of the War on Drugs have been planted.
S01 • E03 So gangsters, drug dealers -- - America's War on Drugs 00:07
So gangsters, drug dealers --
S01 • E04 It is now my honor to sign into law - America's War on Drugs 00:07
It is now my honor to sign into law
S01 • E02 Narrator: Despite the madness, Carlos Lehder is now - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Despite the madness, Carlos Lehder is now
S01 • E04 [ Applause ] - America's War on Drugs 00:12
[ Applause ]
S01 • E03 I was one of those young guys - America's War on Drugs 00:07
I was one of those young guys
S01 • E02 Carlos Lehder went on to really pioneer the explosion - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Carlos Lehder went on to really pioneer the explosion
S01 • E03 90% of the community was involved in selling drugs. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
90% of the community was involved in selling drugs.
S01 • E04 Actually, some of its main provisions - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Actually, some of its main provisions
S01 • E03 We're surrounded by crack, people being murdered, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
We're surrounded by crack, people being murdered,
S01 • E02 But few people at the time realize Lehder and Escobar - America's War on Drugs 00:15
But few people at the time realize Lehder and Escobar
S01 • E04 Narrator: Police will now be able to search and seize - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Police will now be able to search and seize
S01 • E03 Narrator: The crack trade is so dangerous for gang members, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Narrator: The crack trade is so dangerous for gang members,
S01 • E01 Narrator: While the CIA forms an alliance - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Narrator: While the CIA forms an alliance
S01 • E04 Over the coming years, the U.S. government will issue - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Over the coming years, the U.S. government will issue
S01 • E03 Often, it meant Blood against Blood, Crip against Crip. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Often, it meant Blood against Blood, Crip against Crip.
S01 • E04 Less than 1% will have to do with terrorism, - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Less than 1% will have to do with terrorism,