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America's War on Drugs

The police were being told for now 20 years that they were fighting a war, that more and...

The police were being told for now 20 years that they were fighting a war, that more and more
of the public was the enemy

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The police were being told
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for now 20 years
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that they were fighting a war,
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that more and more of the public was the enemy.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:16
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 Posing as a half-Sicilian, half-Puerto Rican Mafia don - America's War on Drugs 00:11
Posing as a half-Sicilian, half-Puerto Rican Mafia don
S01 • E01 He's known for busting international drug rings - America's War on Drugs 00:07
He's known for busting international drug rings
S01 • E03 And thus, war is the appropriate set of methodology. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
And thus, war is the appropriate set of methodology.
S01 • E01 But unbeknownst to his supervisors, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
But unbeknownst to his supervisors,
S01 • E02 We were in position to take them down. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
We were in position to take them down.
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:18
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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 ]