[T]he two main sources of heroin inAmerica since World War II—the so-called "Golden Triangle" in Southeast Asia andthe "French Connection" in Marseilles—were established in the course of operations bythe U.S. Government's intelligence community. They have been protected by thatcommunity, ostensibly to further national security. A newer and more diffuse source ofdrugs, in Latin America, has often been protected similarly.
-Jonathan Kwitny
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