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Nice link. Browsing the related articles is interesting. I wasn't aware that the CIA was alleged to have trafficked opium during their secret and illegal war in Laos. Good to know.

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The financial sector is also heavily involved in the drug trade. For example, HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) started off by laundering money for the opium trade of the East India Trading Company & has recently been caught laundering drug money. A number of other historical figures & powerful families were also involved.

http://greatgameindia.com/hsbc-bank/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-probe-idUSBRE8BA05M2...

Well, the CIA also conducted illegal human trials of LSD and a mixture of IV Barbiturate + Amphetamine on its own citizens, then tried coverup everything by attempting to destroy all their own records.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Project_MKUltra

Operation Sea-Spray by the US Navy was a good one too. Hopefully for the sake of our fellow commenters the US government won't test bioweapons on San Francisco again.

Just a fun little fact: The Unabomber was a victim of Project MkUltra.

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