General Discussion

so much for drug use, as it was for the immense profits made in the drug trade. I'm sure there was recreational use, but there are very few methods to double or triple your investment month after month.
These powerful people are in positions to make certain their "imported goods" aren't subject to inspection, either.
This type of operation goes past the first iteration we were aware of, Reagan's Iran-Contra scandal, and the subsequent importation of cocaine into the U.S, that subsequently started the Crack epidemic, the privatized prison industry, and so forth.
These "leaders" in our government have always found ways to steal from our Treasury, not to mention our citizens, and everything in between. All illegal, at least to anyone not in the oligarchs community.

The ills of our society, against which they constantly rail, can be traced directly to their feet. Who'd ever think of looking there?