Whack-a-mole Drug War: Cocaine Flows Through L.A. Despite Drug War, Border Beef Up

It just keeps snowing, no matter what the government does.

Cocaine Flows Through L.A. Despite Drug War, Border Beef Up - Los Angeles News - The Informer: "Cocaine is economical and plentiful in these here parts. And despite a build up of more than 40,000 of agents along the U.S.-Mexico border, bloody Latin American drug wars and the alleged rehab of Lindsay Lohan, the white stuff continues to flow.

So says a new study from Santa Monica think-tank RAND. ...

Columbia produces about 270 metric tons of coke in a year and, RAND says, "Americans currently consume roughly 44 percent of the global cocaine supply, making the country the main market for Latin American cartels.""