There is no question we have a national opioid (drug) epidemic. The genesis of this national tragedy goes back many generations and administrations. Dr. Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. in his well-researched book, “Red Cocaine,” discusses in detail how our historical enemies, primarily Beijing and Moscow, made it official state policy to use drugs as a form of political warfare to bring about the decay and destruction of Western societies, particularly the United States. One of the main sources of Dr. Douglass’ research is former General Jan Sejna, a high-level Czechoslovakian military official who defected in the 1960s, and who was deeply involved in the Soviet Union’s overall use of drugs as a key element in their political warfare strategy.
Actually, the Chinese were ahead of the Soviets in trafficking drugs as a tool in their political warfare arsenal. There is no question that it was official Chinese state policy. During the Korean War, our POWs were subjected to various drug-induced experiments to determine effects, tolerance and reaction. I can only imagine the suffering those POWs endured. As an aside, we should never forget that there were 17 POWs from Vietnam sent to Cuba for further experimentation. We have never received an accounting on what happened to those 17 POWs.