Chasing the Dragon

Vietnam vets, mobsters, the Mujahideen, the CIA and Mexican drug lords: all play their part in this epic new season exploring the international heroin trade – and its deadly consequences in America and around the world.

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   1. How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem

   2022-08-03 · 60m

   In this enhanced episode, an army veteran helps flood Harlem with heroin.

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   2. Prince of Death

   2022-08-10 · 60m

   Drug lord Khun Sa floods New York, N.Y., with purity heroin until the DEA hatches a plan.

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   3. The Mob and the Mujahideen

   2022-08-17 · 60m

   The mob connects with the Mujahideen to create an ambitious heroin pipeline.

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   4. Narco Jihad

   2022-08-24 · 60m

   DEA agent Jeff Higgins sets out to avenge 9/11 by taking on an Afghan heroin kingpin and proving the close link between narcotics and terrorism.

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   5. Pain Pill Nation

   2022-09-07 · 60m

   Party bro and convicted felon Chris George floods the U.S. with addictive pain medication, until the FBI hatch a plan.

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   6. Opioid Apocalypse

   2022-09-07 · 60m

   How rogue chemists and street gangs brought fentanyl to America - and the vicious Mexican cartel that controls this deadly opioid today - the CJNG