Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat...
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Richard Nixon:
Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.
Gerald Ford:
For nearly a year, I have been devoting increasing attention to a problem which strikes at the very heart of our national well-being: Drug abuse.
Jimmy Carter:
I did not condone any drug abuse, and we'll do everything possible to reduce this serious threat to our society.
Ronald Reagan:
Drugs are menacing our society. They're threatening our values and undercutting our institutions. They're killing our children. Thank you very much.
Nancy Reagan:
...and when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say no.
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...public enemy number one
in the United States...
...is drug abuse.
In order to fight and
defeat this enemy...
...it is necessary to wage a new,
all-out offensive.
For nearly a year, I have been
devoting increasing attention...
...to a problem which strikes at the
very heart of our national well-being:
Drug abuse.
I did not condone any drug abuse, and
we'll do everything possible to reduce...
...this serious threat to our society.
Drugs are menacing our society.
They're threatening our values and
undercutting our institutions.
They're killing our children.
Thank you very much.
...and when it comes to
drugs and alcohol, just say "no. "
Reagan says he will make it
a priority of his presidency...
...to stop drug abuse in the United States.
This is your brain on drugs.
Those who smuggle and sell drugs are
as dangerous to our national security...
...as any terrorist or foreign dictatorship.
The Reagan administration
is spending billions on two wars...
...the war on drugs at home
and the struggle for
Nicaragua abroad.
If we do not act decisively
in defense of freedom...
...new Cubas will arise from
the ruins of today's conflicts.
We will consult closely
with the Freedom Fighters.
The anti-communist
rebels known as the "contras"...
...an army founded and funded by the CIA.
Crack cocaine...
a drug epidemic
...unlike any that's ever probably
existed in the history of the world.
For five dollars, you can begin
the process of addicting people.
Waging the war on drugs
has cost taxpayers one
hundred billion dollars
over the last ten years
The crack trade has triggered a spasm of
gang warfare in south-central L.A...
...and DEA agents are swarming throughout.
How many of you have crack houses...
...in your neighborhood?
No brave law enforcement officer...
...no teacher, no doctor,
need be told how hard and cruel
America's drug problem has become.
Clip duration: 122 seconds
Views: 236
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: biography, crime, drama
Summary: Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.
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00:15 Every time I ask for something
00:04 I'm really proud of you
00:20 Carrying guns and drugs at the same time
00:08 American kids did die They're still dying
00:17 I thought my job was to tell the public the truth
00:07 Look here man I was just the elf Blandon was Santa Claus
00:34 My first story was about a dog that should have died but...
00:36 That's classified How did you get it
00:32 My angle is that the American government knew drugs were
00:35 I was you once Gary
00:36 I was recruited by the Agency
00:31 Nobody wants to hear your sad story Gary
00:19 OK let me catch you up to speed here counselor
00:24 He said he never spoke to you
00:32 Mr Blandon
00:32 Can you tell us who in the federal government you
00:05 God I'm really disappointed in you
00:05 That's classified How did you get it
00:05 Some stories are just too true to tell
00:11 Deciding whether to share it or not