Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine

Tags: Health, The Police State, U.S. History

08/30/2017 Chris Calton

Season 1, Episode 4. Chris Calton traces the history of cocaine, showing how it went from common medicine to the target of US military action.

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