DEA Agent interview – Niles Gooding

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Niles Gooding, a retired DEA agent.

0:00 Becoming a DEA Agent at 21
2:26 Raiding Meth Labs and Marijuana Grow Houses
5:28 DEA Raid Turns Into a Shootout
11:28 Psychological Impact of an Officer-Involved Shooting
13:42 Going Undercover for the DEA
15:50 International Marijuana Grow Operation
18:16 What America Misunderstands About the Drug Crisis
21:06 Chasing an LSD Trafficker Through Seattle
26:08 Mandatory Minimums and Turning Informants
27:44 Los Angeles Cocaine Traffickers and Cartel Connections
32:10 Smuggling Drugs Across the Canadian Border
38:09 Boise Raves, Ecstasy and Drug Trafficking
47:36 How Fentanyl Changed America’s Drug Crisis
49:51 Is Addiction a Law Enforcement or Human Problem?
51:51 El Salvador’s Gang Crackdown and Public Safety
54:02 Seattle vs. Boise: Two Different Justice Systems
56:33 Operation Spider-Man and Violent Meth Traffickers
1:01:42 Synthetic Marijuana, Spice and Head Shops
1:04:24 Mandatory Minimums and Sentencing Disparities
1:08:05 Cartel Marijuana Grows on Federal Land
1:11:13 Reasons We Serve and Law Enforcement Trauma

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