DRUGS & HOMELESSNESS: The Harsh Reality of LA |

💣 The Engineered Collapse: How LA's Homeless Crisis Was Built by War, Pharma, Cartels & Developers

Los Angeles didn’t stumble into a homeless crisis. It was built—systematically—through war economics, medical corruption, immigration chaos, and profiteering real estate policy.

Here are the receipts.

🌺 1. Afghan Poppies & Heroin Economics
Under U.S. occupation (2001–2021), Afghan opium production surged from 185 tons to over 9,000 tons annually. This made heroin cheaper and more potent, enabling Mexican cartels to flood U.S. cities—including LA—with black tar heroin.Heroin became the fallback for millions who were first hooked by legal pills.

💊 2. Purdue Pharma & Legal Addiction
Purdue Pharma (makers of OxyContin) aggressively marketed opioids beginning in the late 1990s. Over 450,000 people died from prescription-related overdoses from 1999–2018. After lawsuits and bankruptcy, Purdue dissolved. But the damage transitioned users to heroin, then fentanyl.

🏥 3. Obamacare’s Unintended Gaps
The Affordable Care Act (2010) expanded insurance but not infrastructure.
Mental health, detox, and long-term care beds remained scarce in California.Result: More people with coverage, no place to go, and limited coordinated care for the unsheltered or addicted.

💀 4. Fentanyl & the Southern Border
Fentanyl now causes 2/3 of all U.S. drug deaths—often laced into heroin and meth. The Sinaloa and CJNG cartels traffic fentanyl precursors from China and manufacture in Mexico. LA, as a major entry port and highway hub, became a distribution and consumption center.

🧱 5. Housing: Subsidies Without Shelter
LA now spends $600k–$900k per unit on “affordable housing.”
Billions have been poured into “solutions” that build slowly, serve few, and enrich developers. Meanwhile, 90,000+ luxury units remain vacant, and tents multiply.

🏗️ 6. LA84 → LA28: The Olympic Grift Cycle
The 1984 Olympics spurred mass displacement under the guise of development. The upcoming 2028 Olympics mirrors this: developers win, the unhoused are relocated, and neighborhoods are gentrified—again.
Crisis = contracts. Visibility = funding.

🧠 7. Who Profits?
Developers – from subsidies, tax breaks, and land grabs.
Cartels – from addiction and smuggling routes.
Pharma – from chronic dependence and relapse.
Nonprofits – from endless grants to manage, not solve.
Politicians – from chaos that justifies spending and power.

LA’s homeless crisis isn’t about personal failure.
It’s a global supply chain—poppies, pills, policies, and properties—working exactly as intended.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & BMW Update
0:12:48 - Trust Issues