Chasing the Dragon
Overview
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.
Episodes
1. How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem
2022-08-03
In this enhanced episode, an army veteran helps flood Harlem with heroin.
2. Prince of Death
2022-08-10
Drug lord Khun Sa floods New York, N.Y., with purity heroin until the DEA hatches a plan.
3. The Mob and the Mujahideen
2022-08-17
The mob connects with the Mujahideen to create an ambitious heroin pipeline.
4. Narco Jihad
2022-08-24
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.
5. Pain Pill Nation
2022-09-07
Party bro and convicted felon Chris George floods the U.S. with addictive pain medication, until the FBI hatch a plan.
6. Opioid Apocalypse
2022-09-07
How rogue chemists and street gangs brought fentanyl to America - and the vicious Mexican cartel that controls this deadly opioid today - the CJNG