$20 billion later, drug war in Latin America-
In Washington State-
Prescription Drug Abuse Fueling Rise in Heroin in Spokane
“A growing number of people who’ve started abusing expensive prescription drugs are now switching to heroin, which is cheaper and easier to buy.”
Post 911 efforts to keep terrorists from visiting the homeland- still unable to keep illegal drugs out:
Spokane Police: Repeat Offender Arrested! Drug House SHUTDOWN!
“Additional subjects arrested at the scene were:
Molly E. McBride 3/30/74 Possession of Cocaine
Lonnie R. Goin 8/27/47 Possession of Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Deliver (Heroin)
William J Higgins 4/19/72 Possession of Heroin”
Domestic heroin busts are reported as some sort of law & order success-
Each one is evidence that- 11 years after 911– the US Dept. of Homeland Security is unable to prevent criminal traffic from entering the US.
Think terrorists are smart enough to pose as drug traffickers- then cross into the US free of screening, scanning, pat downs, special IDs, inspection of personal items, etc.
How are terrorists kept out while heroin comes in?
‘Uptick’ in heroin use seen on North Olympic Peninsula
SOURCES: U.S. NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER REPORT 2011, THE U.S. NATIONAL SEIZURE SYSTEM, AND THE JUSTICE IN MEXICO PROJECT
Why hasn’t the US Department of Homeland Security been able to stop cocaine and heroin from crossing into the US?