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America’s War on Drugs: History Announces Premiere of Docuseries

by Jessica Pena, April 25, 2017

History TV shows: (canceled or renewed?)

History is taking on drugs. Recently, the network announced their new TV series America’s War on Drugs will premiere in June.

The eight-hour docuseries will explore “the origins of the drug war and its unexpected effects on American culture, institutions and politics.”

America’s War on Drugs debuts on June 18th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

From History:

NEW YORK, NY – April 20, 2017 – The war on drugs has cost America $1 trillion in a bizarre history that spans five decades.  With prisons overflowing and heroin use reaching epidemic levels, HISTORY’s “America’s War on Drugs” uncovers the origins of the drug war and its unexpected effects on American culture, institutions and politics.   The eight-hour, four consecutive night limited documentary series premieres Sunday, June 18 at 9PM ET/PT and concludes on Wednesday, June 21 at 9PM ET/PT on HISTORY.

“America’s War of 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. In exchange for support against foreign enemies, the groups were allowed to grow their drug trade in the United States.  The series explores the unintended consequences of when gangsters, war lords, spies, outlaw entrepreneurs, street gangs and politicians vie for power and control of the global black market for narcotics – all told through the firsthand accounts of former CIA and DEA officers, major drug traffickers, gang members, noted experts and insiders.

Night one of “America’s War on Drugs” divulges covert Cold War operations that empowered a generation of drug traffickers and reveals the peculiar details of secret CIA LSD experiments which helped fuel the counter-culture movement, leading to President Nixon’s crackdown and declaration of a war on drugs. The documentary series then delves into the rise of the cocaine cowboys, a secret island “cocaine base,” the CIA’s connection to the crack epidemic, the history of the cartels and their murderous tactics, the era of “Just Say No,” the negative effect of NAFTA, and the unlikely career of an almost famous Midwest meth queen.

The final chapter of the series examines how the attacks on September 11thintertwined the War on Drugs and the War on Terror, transforming Afghanistan into a narco-state teeming with corruption. It also explores how American intervention in Mexico helped give rise to El Chapo and the Super Cartels, bringing unprecedented levels of violence and sending even more drugs across America’s borders. Five decades into the War on Drugs, a move to legalize marijuana gains momentum, mega-corporations have become richer and more powerful than any nation’s drug cartel, and continuing to rise is the demand for heroin and other illegal drugs.

“America’s War on Drugs” is produced for HISTORY by Talos Films.  Julian P. Hobbs, Elli Hakami and Anthony Lappé are Executive Producers for Talos.  Michael Stiller is Executive Producer for HISTORY.

A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights for “America’s War on Drugs.”

What do you think? Do you watch History? Will you check out America’s War on Drugs?

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Yes, History channel is one of my favorites. And as a recovering drug addict ( clean date June 6, 2011) I will definitely be watching America’s war on drugs.

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June 15, 2017 7:13 am
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Can’t wait to see this show although I’m still pissed about u taking gangland undercover the falco story off that was messed up!!!!! Please air all of these episodes

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June 11, 2017 10:19 am
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