There’s been inadequate discipline in investigations at local levels for a long time. Not enough patience to bust the secondary and primary dealers. Not even enough discipline for long term stakeouts. Also, the usual, local, yocal “untouchables” (money fronters, all—pillars of the community). Meanwhile, local governments receive big federal funding for more trivial pursuits.
You raise a good point.
The reason why America isn’t winning the WOD is because we haven’t tried.
Secure our borders.
It’ll solve our illegal immigration problems. It’ll solve our illegal drug problems.
We aren’t winning the War on Poverty either. Why? Because welfare freelaoders are more than happy to keep voting in the leftist liberals.