"America's War on Drugs" is a riveting journey through the last five decades that discovers 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 ramifications of the struggle for power and control over the global black market for narcotics - all told through first-hand accounts of former CIA and DEA officers, key drug traffickers, gang members, well-known experts and insiders.