Assertion:
It's them.
Before #Trump (BTEra), the primary driver of drug dealing in the US
was the top levels of government itself.
Evidence:
Alfred McCoy
https://www.democracynow.org/appearances/alfred_mccoy
#CIA
Army sells drugs
https://www.democracynow.org/appearances/seth_harp
Sheriff Hathaway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq8WH3et0GM
#JudgeNapolitano
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117578/witnesses/HHRG-118-HM00-Bio-HathawayD-20240918.pdf
Golden Triangle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asia)
Several cases like this where the Agent is the drug dealer
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/dea-agent-arrested-participating-decade-long-narcotics-conspiracy-and-providing
However--and the author is making this statement as a complete teetotatler--
the President, like recent former Presidents (Biden) have proposed,
should legalize "Mary Jane" because it is good for revenue and pain management
but does not damage the body significantly, especially when compared to other paliatives. The culture wars are over; the world is a different place now.
#CognitiveLiberty #PainManagement #Libertarianism #Liberty #Popular #Politics