Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018)

Evidence suggests the CIA manipulated musicians and activists to push illegal drugs for social control, targeting Civil Rights and anti-war movement figures. Intelligence agents allegedly killed some - like Tupac Shakur, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, plus SDS and Black Panther members - when they sobered up and ceased drug promotion.
Drug trafficking’s history spans British and American wars over drug-rich regions. Wealthy U.S. families, enriched by the trade, embedded themselves in intelligence. The CIA and Pentagon drove America’s longest wars in opium-heavy Vietnam and Afghanistan, while covert ops secured cocaine regions in Central and South America.