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Originally Posted by Sugetsu
I am very sure, that government officials and corporations in the US are also under the influence of drug money. After all illegal drugs is the 3rd most profitable business in the world after OIL and arms. In other words, there is a good incentive to keep the "war on drugs" going.
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I saw this phenomenon in the Cold War as a defense contractor. There was an influential faction on both the US and Soviet side that *liked* the dangerous status quo because it gave them influence, power, and sometimes wealth. It doesn't have to be an active corruption or connection.
The enforcement and "law&order" faction in the US *likes* the War on Drugs because it gives them corrosive power, influence, and wealth.
I'm certainly not denying that there are quite likely "on the take" connections... just saying that some people use chaos and uncertainty to improve their status, authority, and power. Peace would interfere with that.