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CIA Drugs R Us! A Drugs as Weapons... Sequel

CIA Drugs R Us is a comic sequel to the film, Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists. The film continues focusing on U.S. intelligence's use of drugs for social control and in the murderous targeting of activists. It particularly covers John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, and Tupac Shakur. The film further details the CIA's Project MK-Ultra involvement with The Manson Family regarding activist actors and The Black Panthers. It also details examples regarding U.S. intelligence, drugs and the antiwar Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The film then discusses the CIA's MK-Ultra front group, The Human Ecology Fund, continuation, along with Maryland's Catholic Church sex abuse scandal featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary series, The Keepers.

  • John L Potash
    Director
    Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018). Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics (2022)
  • John L Potash
    Writer
    Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018). Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics (2022)
  • John L Potash
    Producer
    Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018). Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics (2022)
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Chris Rock
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Bill Burr
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • John Lennon
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 18 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 24, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    45,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • MVD Entertainment Group
    Distributor
    Country: United States
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand, Pay Per View, Video / Disc, Paid TV
Director Biography - John L Potash

John Potash has worked as a psychotherapist for over 35 years while also having an avocation of writing books and films. He wrote The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders (2007, republished in 2021) and Drugs as Weapons Against Us (2015). He's written and produced the films Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018), Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics (2021) and CIA Drugs R Us! A Drugs as Weapons... Sequel (2024).

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