American Dope

Name: American Dope
Released: 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

American Dope explores how the Government created the illegal drug business. Season 1 covers Heroin during the Cold War, how LSD was used for social control by the CIA, and the way Urban America was destroyed by crime at the hands of protected kingpins.

2018 · 56m

Director Alan Bradley

EPISODE 1

Cold War, Heroin Heat

Cold War, Heroin Heat tells a tale of corruption stretching from 1920's Shanghai through the Vietnam War and onto the streets of New York circa 1970.

56m
EPISODE 2

Acid Dreams

As the 1950’s dawned, something strange was happening under the surface of America. All across the country - from Harvard to Hollywood - people were taking LSD; sometimes they knew they were taking it, but sometimes they did not.

53m
EPISODE 3

White Powder, Black Power

White Powder, Black Power is the story of how the illegal drug economy was the first truly significant capital building tool for African Americans.

1h 8m

Alan Bradley

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