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America's War on Drugs

We're all concernedabout illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin, but they're diverting...

We're all concerned
about illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin, but they're diverting attention
to the real problem, the big elephant in the room, which is that
we're legally killing you and we're getting away with it

Full Transcript

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We're all concerned about illegal drugs
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like cocaine and heroin,
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but they're diverting attention to the real problem,
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the big elephant in the room,
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which is that we're legally killing you
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and we're getting away with it.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:28
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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 • E03 Cash, homes, cars, and entire estates - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Cash, homes, cars, and entire estates
S01 • E02 Flying fast and low over the jungle, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Flying fast and low over the jungle,
S01 • E01 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:10
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S01 • E04 Narrator: The pharmaceutical industry, - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: The pharmaceutical industry,
S01 • E02 It's owned by Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
It's owned by Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel.
S01 • E04 They have hundreds of thousands of doctors on their payroll. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
They have hundreds of thousands of doctors on their payroll.
S01 • E03 The 1992 presidential campaign. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
The 1992 presidential campaign.
S01 • E01 He's leading an armed raid on Timothy Leary's commune. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
He's leading an armed raid on Timothy Leary's comm...
S01 • E02 On one of its first major international raids is the DEA. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
On one of its first major international raids is the DEA.
S01 • E04 In the last decade, they've spent - America's War on Drugs 00:08
In the last decade, they've spent
S01 • E03 A young candidate promises a new era in American politics. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
A young candidate promises a new era in American politics.
S01 • E02 [ Gunfire ] - America's War on Drugs 00:19
[ Gunfire ]
S01 • E04 The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world - America's War on Drugs 00:09
The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world
S01 • E01 Inside, the officers find hippies tripping on LSD, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Inside, the officers find hippies tripping on LSD,
S01 • E04 $3 billion is spent on drug ads every year. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
$3 billion is spent on drug ads every year.
S01 • E03 Raised in rural Arkansas, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Raised in rural Arkansas,
S01 • E04 And in some states, loopholes will open the door - America's War on Drugs 00:09
And in some states, loopholes will open the door
S01 • E01 Leary was into disrupting the normal culture - America's War on Drugs 00:08
Leary was into disrupting the normal culture
S01 • E02 Follis: The DEA is the only agency in the world - America's War on Drugs 00:09
Follis: The DEA is the only agency in the world
S01 • E03 I want every person in this hall - America's War on Drugs 00:11
I want every person in this hall