Editors' Note: for those who are new to LATOC, in order to understand the weight of the news story we're about to discuss, you need to know a few things. If you're a longtime LATOC reader and/or a former FTW reader, you can probably skip past points #1-#8 below. If not, then the only way to understand why this story is such a bombshell - maybe as important as any article I've posted here in the last 2 months - is to read through the following:
#1) narcotics are the world's third biggest industry behind only energy and weapons;
