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The drug war’s most enthusiastic recruit: Hollywood
... "Just as Jack Webb’s partnership with the Los Angeles Police
Department on “Dragnet” and “Adam-12” benefited both Hollywood and the
police, the drug war united pop culture and real law enforcement
agencies in a new common purpose. The prospect of foreign drug
traffickers invading American shores gave pop-culture cops a new and
more dangerous enemy to fight, one that justified fast driving,
explosive shootouts and all sorts of audience-thrilling rule-breaking.
In return, Hollywood promoted the idea that drugs posed a grave threat
that justified new, frightening police tactics and the erosion of basic
rights." ...
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