Author and Filmmaker John Potash joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the ways in which the CIA has used drugs to de-radicalize musicians and activists. On this episode, Potash discusses the opium trade and how it influenced the Ivy League universities, the rise of secret societies, how and why the CIA got into the culture business, Acid Tests, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Eldridge … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 006 – The CIA Uses Drugs
Author John Potash (Drugs As Weapons Against Us: The CIA's Murderous Targeting of SDS, Panthers, Hendrix, Lennon, Cobain, Tupac, and Activists) joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the history and modern uses of drugs as weapons by the CIA. Potash also covers the MK-Ultra program, the death of Bob Marley, the JFK assassination, the assassinations of RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X, as well as … [Read more...]