When I was growing up in Spanish Harlem, drugs were everywhere. In addition to the addicts who shot heroin in the park outside my building, I remember the drug dealer who would say, "Pass me by and blow your high" to me every day on my way to elementary school. But the worst thing about drugs was the violence they unleashed. When someone was shot on my street, it was usually drug related - like the time a kid from my neighborhood was hit by a stray bullet when a drug dealer opened fire on another dealer on our corner. The boy died, along with the drug dealer who was the actual target of the shooting. 

That is why, in my mind, some of the greatest heroes in our nation are the police who risk their lives to stop the drug trade on our streets. Get a taste for what it's like to be on the front lines of the War on Drugs by watching this riveting portrait of the DEA Swat Team in Detroit that raids crack houses and other drug-distribution points in the most dangerous city in America. If you're an adrenaline junkie, you can watch multiple episodes from the same series here.

Thanks, as always, to our great nation's true heroes,

Matt Daniels

Creator and Executive Producer