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It's one of the most common lefty talking points I see around but I was wondering what the best historical knowledge we have on the topic is. Any cool videos or articles you'd recommend?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

There's a decent movie about Gary Webb that came out in 2014 called Kill the Messenger that gives a general overview of what he was able to uncover.

Webb's book is called Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion, and is supposed to be pretty good. I haven't read it myself, but it's on my list.

Another one on my list is Whiteout: CIA, Drugs and the Press which covers the CIA's history with drugs (with the exception of opium in Afghanistan since the book came out in 1998).

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