Name: America's War on Drugs
Released: 2017-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Omar Abdi, Waj Ali, Richard Stratton

America's War on Drugs

Documentary 2017

Available on Prime Video

A look at the origins of the drug war in the US, which spans over five decades. Plus, the unexpected effects on American culture, institutions and politics.

Documentary 2017

Starring Omar Abdi, Waj Ali, Richard Stratton

EPISODE 1

Acid, Spies, & Secret Experiments

Gangsters, gurus, warlords, spies, street gangs, and politicians vie for control of a black market for narcotics. Stories of secret assassination attempts, LSD experiments and covert support of heroin traffickers in the lead up to the War on Drugs.
EPISODE 2

Cocaine, Cartels, & Crack Downs

Cocaine gives rise to cartels, CIA shadow wars contribute to the first narco-state, crack floods into the United States as an unintended consequence of the fight against communism, and a former DEA agent discusses US culpability in the cocaine trade.
EPISODE 3

Gangs, Prisons, & Meth Queens

The Clinton administration's support of NAFTA inadvertently opens the door to Mexican cartels; a crackdown on violence leads to mass incarceration; a celebrity's sister becomes a meth lord; powerful cartels begin a war for dominance.
EPISODE 4

Heroin, Terrorists, & Kings of Pain

Afghanistan transforms into a narco-state as the war on drugs and the war on terror intertwine. American intervention assists the rise of El Chapo and the super cartels, while the pharmaceuticals supply addictive substances.

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America's War on Drugs

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A look at the origins of the drug war in the US, which spans over five decades. Plus, the unexpected effects on American culture, institutions and politics.

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Studio: HISTORY
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017

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