When it comes to illicit drugs in America, we find that the most popular drugs of choice are marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and oxycodone. Regarding marijuana, we read at cannabis.lacity.gov that “…legal sales in the U.S. totaled $30.1 billion in 2024,” and we know for a certainty that the black market sales of marijuana far exceeded that total. So, it then makes sense when we read at therecovergyvillage.com that illegal drugs are estimated to be a $200-$750 billion a year market in America, which really does seem conceivable. Whether or not we take the low estimate of $200 billion or something even higher, it needs to be acknowledged that $200 billion which is approximately the amount of sales that Chevron had in 2024, represents an absolutely massive amount of revenue, and thereby we need to understand that just like a regular corporation, those that are in illicit drug business need accountants, banks, transportation, insurance, buildings, employees, logistics, executives, managers, security, armaments, and an overall structure that makes these entities to be efficient and effective at what they do.
This thus indicates with an absolute certainty that there would not even be close to the amount of illicit drugs in America if those in that business did not have firm alliances with certain police officers, immigration officers, politicians, banking officers, real estate firms, and other important personages. because this is way too much money and way too much drug flow for this not to be the case. This means that the reason why the so-called “war on drugs” has essentially been an unmitigated failure has an awful lot to do with the fact that those who are most benefiting from the illicit drug business are the very same who are not going to give up easily what empowers them and puts bucketloads of money into their pockets, come what may.
To believe, somehow that there is an actual war between drug traffickers against the policing arm of the state in which year after year, America comes up short on seriously interdicting illicit drugs signifies that there are powerful players intimately involved in the business, of which because of their connections and the usage of their power, this not only protects the illicit drug business but enhances such, in which, despite the original plan that the illicit drug market was supposed to be directed exclusively to the underclass of America, they have not only lost control of that, but at this juncture, they don’t seem to really care, because lots of money is pretty much the only thing that matters to them.
So then, all the dog and pony shows, demonstrating the interdiction of this illicit drug and that illicit drug really doesn’t count for all that much, because each year, more and more illicit drug business is accomplished in America and this will continue to be the way that it is, until such a time as this nation, redirects its purpose to takedown the top players of these illicit drug organizations, in conjunction with those that are the enablers of such, of which, until this is done with a determined purpose behind such, we will find that the illicit drug business in America not only is not going to go away anytime soon, but will continue on the same destructive course that it has been on, for over fifty years, because money and power trumps empty words and lackluster efforts.