“America's crusade to purge drugs from the world is doomed to fail" (Ganeva, 2017, n.p.),says former DEA agent Celerino Castillo, in the new History channel drama America's War on Drugs. The docuseries explores the link between the CIA, DEA, and military, exposing the hypocrisy of the United States Drug Policy over a span of 50 years. Castillo further explains: "America is more addicted to drug money than they are addicted to drugs" (Ganeva, 2017, n.p.).
Castillo’s former career was an extremely dangerous one. He risked his life going undercover several times during the 1980’s. Over a span of time he eventually came to the conclusion that the...
