nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||How TV Dramas Informed And Misinformed Perceptions Of The War On Drugs||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||From Miami Vice, to The Wire, to Orange Is the New Black, scripted TV shows have had a serious and sometimes unrecognized impact on public attitudes about drugs in America.

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Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) in The Wire



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The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later

How TV Dramas Informed And Misinformed Perceptions Of The War On Drugs

From Miami Vice, to The Wire, to Orange Is the New Black, scripted TV shows have had a serious and sometimes unrecognized impact on public attitudes about drugs in America.