War on Drugs

The CIA runs drugs to fund black operations, making it another powerful interest in keeping drugs illegal.

"The "war on drugs" is a narcotics price support program and a public works project for the coercive sector (especially the prison-industrial complex). It also provides an apparently bottomless well of revenue to fund the projects in subversion and state terrorism carried out by the CIA and its affiliates."

It also benefits the alcohol, cigarette and textile industries.

"According to former DEA undercover operative Michael Levine, "The fundamental problem with the so-called war on drugs is that both sides are winning – the drug lords and the 'suits' – because they both are making a killing" because of prohibition. That’s one reason why investigators like John McLaughlin are rewarded for gathering up huge volumes of tiny fish – and severely punished when they disturb any of the politically protected barracudas."

Institutionalized corruption.