US Government, Banks, Prison-Industrial Complex, Corrupt Officials, Businesses, Law Enforcement, Racists and the CIA Profit From Illegal Drugs?

A recent article in The Guardian UK offers evidence that "while cocaine
production ravages countries in Central America, consumers in the US and Europe
are helping developed economies grow rich from the profits."

According to
The Guardian UK story, the study by two Colombian professors found that "2.6% of
the total street value of cocaine produced remains within the country
[Columbia], while a staggering 97.4% of profits are reaped by criminal
syndicates and laundered by banks, in first-world consuming
countries."

One of the researchers, Alejandro Gaviria said: "We know that
authorities in the US and UK know far more than they act upon. The authorities
realize things about certain people they think are moving money for the drug
trade - but the DEA [US Drug Enforcement Administration] only acts on a fraction
of what it knows."

"It's taboo to go after the big banks," added
Gaviria's co-researcher Daniel Mejía. "It's political suicide in this economic
climate, because the amounts of money recycled are so high."