" No, they went into drug dealing. It was the business opportunity the government left open to them. And the G-men who were chasing them, the government didn't want to lay them off in the middle of a depression, so they made drug enforcement officers out of them. Otherwise, they would have simpy made drugs legal then."

Creative history at work.

They went into illegal gambling, loansharking, labor racketeering, hijacking trucks, protection.

What does his Majesty Mr Chavez and his Excellency, Fidel think about drugs?

They are such great, benevolent shepherds of their common folk in a workers paradise. So down on the rich evil minions of capitalism. Surely they would not deny their loyal subjects the simple pleasures of some dope every so often would they?