&gt; And it&#x27;s ludicrous to say that &quot;if it wasn&#x27;t for drugs it&#x27;d be something else.&quot;<p>When you&#x27;ve a police force that&#x27;s planting evidence on marks, that <i>knows</i> about the planted evidence and chooses to cover it up, that has a <i>DA</i> that knows about the planted evidence and chooses to prosecute these cases anyway, and a system that chooses to promote those involved in the conspiracy to high office, then yes... if it wasn&#x27;t drugs being planted, it&#x27;s very, very, very likely that it would be almost anything else.