A Jaw-Dropping Explanation of How Governments Are Complicit in the Illegal Drug Trade

[alternet] The drug war is far, far more than just simply criminals at work, says scholar Oliver Villar. Note: The following interview helps us understand the drug war from a dramatically different perspective than the one the corporate media paints. Instead the traditional portrayal of the war on drugs as a fight between law enforcement and illicit drug dealers, scholar Oliver Villar explains that the illegal drug trade is a tool of empire a means of "social control" as much as profit. Villar, a lecturer in politics at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia's insight is well worth the read.
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Oliver Villar - Charles Sturt University
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