Another small fish. Dude didn't grow the poppies, or the coca, the pot, or run the meth lab either. Dude doesn't own a plane, a ship, a submarine, or a trucking company to transport all those drugs. Dude wasn't laundering the money either, nor was most of the money his, which is why he was shipping the cash south to be laundered by one of the banks that have popped up along the southern border.

All the big players are still in place, but look at this guy we caught with all these drugs! The producers, the shippers, the high level dealers, the financiers, and the money launderers are still in place.

We spend millions of dollars for every low level dealer we incarcerate, and more drugs are on the street now than ever. There's more nonviolent drug law offenders incarcerated now in the US than anywhere else in the world, at an astronomical cost for American taxpayers. Isn't the war on drugs going great?

The answer is yes, if you're a prosecutor, cop, lawyer, or you own a prison.