Drugs rule the world because they have been imbibed since the dawn of humanity. They have heightened the consciousness and numbed the pain of just about every civilisation that ever existed.

The pacifying properties of tinctures of opium drove the British Industrial Revolution by soothing the workers. In the 20th century the populace took to nicotine as the comforter for life’s ills.

Today, individual pharmaceutical companies throughout the world announce annual profits equivalent to the GNP of small nations.

The scale of the black economy involved in drug transactions is literally astronomical. You can buy whole countries for the money this trade generates.

One of the side effects of the human condition is pain, and wherever there is pain there will always be drugs. This is why drugs rule the world whether you like it or not.

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Yoshi Tanaka argues how drugs rule the world. He has experimented commercially with just about every sort of drug known to humanity. He likes his work. He also maintains his right to remain silent until his lawyer gets here.