Drugs and the Contras / Lanny Simkin ; interviewed by Don Foster.

Speech at the Christic Institute exploring the connections between international drug smuggling and many covert CIA operations, particularly as uncovered in the Iran-Contra hearings. Simkin discusses the U.S. involvement in the drug trade, from Cuba in the 1950's, through Southeast Asia, and into Central America. He also points to the continuing role of Theodore Schackley, the relations of U.S. anti-communist government policies and the drug trade, as well as the role of drugs in American communities, particularly minority communities.|DRUGS AND THE CONTRAS / Lanny Simkin| interviewed by Don Foster. - Speech at the Christic Institute exploring the connections between international drug smuggling and many covert CIA operations, particularly as uncovered in the Iran-Contra hearings. Simkin discusses the U.S. involvement in the drug trade, from Cuba in the 1950's, through Southeast Asia, and into Central America. He also points to the continuing role of Theodor Schackley, the relations of U.S. anti-communist government policies and the drug trade, as well as the role of drugs in American communities, particularly minority communities. RECORDED: Christic Institute, Feb. 1988.