Short but interesting:
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/dmas/Los_Angeles_DMA-2011(U).pdf
More about the garment district:
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/dmas/Los_Angeles_DMA-2011(U).pdf
Not just cocaine, heroin, and PCP:
https://97rockonline.com/massive-oxycontin-drug-raid-spokane-los-angeles/
Anyway----you get the point---it is going on. Now imagine this througout the state of California---and then imagine it around the United States. It is an amazing job they do actually. It is not easy and usually takes much time and money to set up, etc.
The issue is the media (which has an agenda) has propagated this myth of it just being users getting arrested. Sure, they are getting arrested. That is part of the deal. But the media and Liberals want the War on Drugs stopped. So, they really push the points that further this myth. But the overwhelming stiff sentences are going to the dealers---not the users.
Maybe more could be done to rehab the users also. But it is the same reason more people are cited for speeding than littering or DUIs or texting. There are simply more of them. But the DUIs get the stiffer sentences when they are caught.
But if you want to say that you don't think users should be arrested---then simply say that. But do not say we are not arresting the dealers and trying to catch the top guys as well.
You can also say you don't see the bang for the buck. And maybe that is so. But that goes to my point about the bigger a government office is, the less efficient it is, etc.
At any rate---some thigns to think about.
Top ten:
https://www.alternet.org/drugs/10-craziest-drug-busts
10. The High Life, 1989
Haul: $13 Billion
In a warehouse located in an upscale California residential community in the foothills of of the San Gabriel mountains, the cops cuffed big time cartel kingpin Rafael Munoz Talavera and seized his $13 billion in illicit assets: a US record-breaking (and maintaining) 21 tons of cocaine, enough to cut five lines for every American. But even this impressive haul was small-time compared to the 77 tons that had moved through the warehouse in the time up to the arrest. For that much product, Talavera shelled out $81 million for transportation costs alone.
More than 9 articles? 
There were 5 pages on just the first one I sent. They were all for drug dealing and money laundering, etc.
And this is just that timeframe and just that area that was covered.
Atlanta is a huge hub! Many arrests are made there as well.
How many is enough for you???
Sure--there are more everyday delers and users going through court system. How hard is that to understand? So what? They are still arresting the big guys as well. It is not a one-to-one ratio of dealer to user.
This is not rocket science. Of course we all know people arrested for using drugs or small-time dealers. So, we think (as the media and Liberals want) they are the ONLY ones being arrested. They simply are not.
This is like the guy that gets pulled over for speeding wondering why the cops aren't doing 'more important' things like arresting rapists and murderers. They do that also. There are just fewer of them, etc.
Major enough for me:
Authorities carted off scores of boxes stuffed with U.S. currency in large-denomination bills. Together with funds confiscated from bank accounts in asset-forfeiture actions filed around the world, officials estimated that $65 million in illegal proceeds were seized as part of the investigation.
In one of three indictment unsealed in connection with the raids, a wholesaler named QT Fashion was accused of accepting and laundering $140,000 paid as ransom for an American drug dealer kidnapped and tortured by the Sinaloa drug cartel inMexico.
Somewhat major to me:
In their joint crackdown on the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips, officials said federal and local law enforcement officers focused on the most violent clique within the street gang.
The gang has about 200 members and operates in South Los Angeles near the city's skid row, catering to drug-addicted denizens of the area, federal prosecutors said.
"This gang has been a thorn in the side of this area for a long time," Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price Jr said at a news conference.
Prosecutors charged 72 people with crimes ranging from drug trafficking to conspiracy to engage in illegal activities, in a 112-page federal court indictment unsealed on Tuesday. They all face at least 10 years in prison if convicted.
Most of those charged in the federal indictment were arrested on Tuesday, but 17 people were already in custody on unrelated charges and authorities were searching for another seven defendants, prosecutors said.
The indictment lists four murders dating back to 1987 that prosecutors said members of the gang committed, and it accuses some in the organization of following bank customers to their homes and robbing them, as well as dealing drugs near schools.
In total, a force of over 1,300 FBI agents and Los Angeles police officers fanned out across the gang's territory on Tuesday, arresting 50 people associated with the gang, including two who were not named in the indictment but were charged with crimes in state court, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
Major to me:
Federal prosecutors said eight people were arrested and more than a ton of drugs and several vehicles were seized after a lengthy investigation revealed two national drug trafficking groups were working out of the same block in Compton.
A total of 15 defendants were charged with distributing narcotics in two criminal complaints filed last week in U.S. District Court, the result of an investigation that lasted more than two years. Eight people were arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday morning. Officials also seized more than a ton of marijuana and thousands of prescription pills during the bust.
Major to me:
Authorities have arrested 20 people and seized about 7.7 million doses of PCP in connection with a drug trafficking investigation linked to a South Los Angeles street gang.
Authorities in South Los Angeles seized almost 100 gallons of PCP, or "angel dust," and the chemicals used to make it. The estimated street value is $1 billion. Officials said Southern California is considered the place where the hallucinogenic drug is manufactured to be distributed to the entire country
I will never understand the Liberal view on this. I get that they have some good points. I just think they dismiss a lot of bigger points to try to make their points look more important.
At any rate---I have seen this very, very up close. So we will have to disagree on this. Maybe you can say they should legalize everything. But you cannot say they aren't arresting major figures when they can.
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