The US's war on drugs really pounds "developing" countries though. Guatemala, for instance, has basically no drug problem. People don't buy, they don't consume,

The US's war on drugs really pounds "developing" countries though. Guatemala, for instance, has basically no drug problem. People don't buy, they don't consume, addiction isn't really an issue. (Alcoholism, macho-ness, incompetence OTOH...) Yet Guatemala pays with blood. It enforces ridiculous money laws. It has to do all this and it's a total net negative for the country. They get no benefit, other than appeasing the US. Is this a conspiracy? Either way it massively benefits the US, which gets a way to keep these countries preoccupied with false issues, keep them rife with violence, an so on, preventing them from becoming a credible threat or competition. I'm willing to bet many other countries are in a similar position. Mexico would probably get cleaned up overnight if they gave Monsanto an exclusive license for pot and opium cultivation. (I'd bet on Monsanto corpsec over cartels any day.) Hell, these countries could even nationalize production if they weren't to bad at everything they do. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/19/otto-molina-war-drugs-guatemala https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/19/otto-molina-wa...