I provided a link and went through the list of conflicts. The drug trade is not "Muslim" other than opiates that come from Muslim areas and the people involved at that end. It's Mexican and South American to blame there and they are predominatly Catholic. The cartels responsible for the conflicts are local mafia groups.
stick to what you know-----the big issue THESE days is not marijuana-----it is HEROIN---of the Islamic variety. The stuff is actually brought into mexico and thence to
the USA-----Canada and direct is no longer all that easy------ ----for laughs----some idiots tried to make a living out of KHAT-----I did try that stuff once when in Israel----bitter and no effect-------chewing on it just made me nauseated ---(ps ---it is not exactly illegal there----the stuff grows all over the place---but it is illegal in the USA)
That is pretty much what I said Rosie. "Opiates" - that means Heroin and it's deriviatives and a lot comes from the ME. However, the cartels controlling it's flow in and out of South America, and committing all these murders (and beheadings) are South American - not Muslim.
In the levant, most of the drugs were controlled by Syrian or Hezbullah for decades.
HOW COME THEY GET ALL THE GOOD STUFF? ----ALL I EVER GOT WAS THREE GREEN BITTER KHAT LEAVES----
AND NO EFFECT. ---ok ok-----I have to confess-----I chewed on three khat leaves----
from a bush-----------I DID IT!!!!!!
I have no idea why anyone would want to chew those damned leaves. ---marijuana---
well-----I was offered ----but I cannot inhale----so I didn't. I feel deprived
When they burn the brush that grows in and around orchards you can't help but inhale.
Sheets hung to dry during that time smell so nice to sleep on.
Chewing the leaves of cannibals used for minor surgery like stitching cuts, setting bones and also offered by some midwives for childbirth.
It is good in tea. It used to be added to wine.
I used to laugh at some of the students in college with that familiar aroma clinging to their clothes and hair. Not so much when friends of my children, middle and high school, had that same aroma. Angered when some tried to give my children in elementary bags of powdered sugar or dried herbs pass off as drugs. School took actions when I brought it to their attention after I found out when they returned home and showed me the zipbags and told me who had given them on the bus.