Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists

Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists

NR 2018 · 120 min · ★ 6.7 · Documentary

Evidence supports that the CIA manipulated musicians and activists to promote drugs for social control, particularly regarding the Civil Rights and anti-war movements. Some musicians that resisted these manipulations were killed.

Directed by John Potash · Written by John Potash

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