When The Drug Trade Helps To Fund The Taliban
Looks like we’re their biggest customer. I wonder if empathy is more effective than judgment.
I’ve had the good fortune to be sober for 29 years now. I’ve also had the good fortune to not get into the heavy stuff. I’ve seen how people turn out after getting into meth, heroin, and cocaine. It’s not pretty. America is far and away, the greatest source of that demand. I was under the impression that capitalism was making people happy. I guess not.
This is something that I don’t really get about America. This is supposed to be the best country in the world and yet, we consume more drugs, legal and illegal, than any other country in the world, capitalist or not. I have heard that drug use at Goldman Sachs was ubiquitous and somewhat legendary. I have also heard that drug use among the well-to-do is quite common. Shouldn’t they be happier?
I also know that the money spent on illegal drugs funds the other side of the drug war. It funds the Mexican drug cartels. And apparently, it funds the Taliban. I don’t think that drug users have factored this dynamic into their decision to use.
I have learned to included that dynamic above in my decision about whether or not to use drugs. I also have built incentives for me not to use drugs, like a…
