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 For full-length, ad-free and uncensored videos please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #cartel #marklaita #trafficking #dea #crimeandpunishment