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America's War on Drugs

That, ultimately,was the beginning

That, ultimately,
was the beginning

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That, ultimately, was the beginning.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:25
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 Trafficante tells the agency men - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Trafficante tells the agency men
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:04
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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,
S01 • E02 Narrator: With help from the Chilean chemists, - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Narrator: With help from the Chilean chemists,
S01 • E03 The U.S. had to go in - America's War on Drugs 00:16
The U.S. had to go in
S01 • E02 Farah: There was a lack of attention initially paid - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Farah: There was a lack of attention initially paid
S01 • E02 The basic policy was capitalism is good. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
The basic policy was capitalism is good.
S01 • E02 But that was exactly what the narcos were doing, right? - America's War on Drugs 00:05
But that was exactly what the narcos were doing, right?
S01 • E03 Narrator: As one boss is brought down in Panama, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: As one boss is brought down in Panama,
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:19
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S01 • E04 They're ambushed, and the agency - America's War on Drugs 00:05
They're ambushed, and the agency
S01 • E04 Man #2: North 1506, west 8319. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Man #2: North 1506, west 8319.
S01 • E03 Wright: Cocaine is often still being processed in Colombia, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Wright: Cocaine is often still being processed in Colombia,
S01 • E01 Moran: At the agency then, and even to this day, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Moran: At the agency then, and even to this day,
S01 • E04 Man #3: Signal down. We've lost visual. - America's War on Drugs 00:14
Man #3: Signal down. We've lost visual.
S01 • E01 Narrator: This clandestine document -- - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Narrator: This clandestine document --
S01 • E03 Pablo Escobar was on the run. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
Pablo Escobar was on the run.
S01 • E02 Inside his luggage is 50 kilograms - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Inside his luggage is 50 kilograms