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

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

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Nov 01 2018

2h 0m

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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.

Douglas Barron

Douglas Barron

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