If corporate media detailed the history of the US "drug war," it would soundly obliterate the official narrative and expose it for what it is: a façade for imperial domination that really has nothing to do with stopping the flow of drugs at all.
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FAIRDon’t Pretend the ‘War on Drugs’ Has Anything to Do With Fighting DrugsMedia exposes reinforce the narrative that the US is in fact fighting against drug cartels—and not using the “drug war” apparatus as a politico-economic weapon.