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Barring a national consensus, beginning with the National Conference of State Legislators up to the federal government, legalization is unlikely, and the War on Drugs will remain official policy, despite wide recognition of it as a failure. The flipside of keeping narcotics illegal however, the argument from experience goes, only makes gangsters and criminals rich. Similar to lotteries, which at one time were run by organized crime known as "racketeering", state governments now are involved in the "numbers rackets" and reap the profits.

Barring a national consensus, beginning with the National Conference of State Legislators up to the federal government, legalization is unlikely, and the War on Drugs will remain official policy, despite wide recognition of it as a failure. The flipside of keeping narcotics illegal however, the argument from experience goes, only makes gangsters and criminals rich. Similar to lotteries, which at one time were run by organized crime known as "racketeering", state governments now are involved in the "numbers rackets" and reap the profits.

In the interests of [[national security]], a president would have the legal authority, by ''executive fiat'' (ordering prosecutors and customs officials to stand down), to bypass laws on the books in an effort to fight organized crime and take the profit out of illegal narcotic smuggling and distribution. Later "seizure laws" were added under Pres. George H.W. Bush to take down domestic distribution kingpins ''after'' they made their sales and converted their drug wealth into cash or other property.

In the interests of [[national security]], a president would have the legal authority, by ''executive fiat'' (ordering prosecutors and customs officials to stand down), to bypass laws on the books in an effort to fight organized crime and take the profit out of illegal narcotic smuggling and distribution. Later "seizure laws" were added under Pres. George H.W. Bush to take down domestic distribution kingpins ''after'' they made their sales and converted their drug wealth into cash or other property.<ref>https://www.corbettreport.com/the-cia-and-the-drug-trade/</ref>

The theory is twofold: (1) Having lost the war on drugs and failed at interdiction, the government itself sought to exercise control of importation, distribution, and profits; (2) a nations intelligence agency needs an off-the-books revenue source that enemies cannot calculate as easily as reading the budget of the United States Government which is readily available to anyone under our blue sky laws.

The theory is twofold: (1) Having lost the war on drugs and failed at interdiction, the government itself sought to exercise control of importation, distribution, and profits; (2) a nations intelligence agency needs an off-the-books revenue source that enemies cannot calculate as easily as reading the budget of the United States Government which is readily available to anyone under our blue sky laws.