How did you come to the conclusion that the money to fund the drug war was borrowed and printed out of thin air, and the money that's actually paid in taxes went somewhere else?
We know that they are borrowing 43 cents on every dollar currently, right? I’m assuming that 43 cents of every dollar spent on the federal WOD is borrowed or printed. No reason not to assume that.
To elaborate, we have to assume that because of the way the feds operate. They make a budget of how much they will spend on every dept , agency, and if revenues don’t match desired outlays, they simply borrow and print the difference. The DEA is behind entitlement programs and defense in funding priority anyway.