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Dope, Inc.: The Book That Drove Henry Kissinger Crazy
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First published June 1, 1992
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March 4, 2025
Dope, Inc.: Britain’s Opium War Against the World
Originally published in 1978 by the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), Dope, Inc. is a groundbreaking exposé of the global drug trade, revealing how it operates not as a collection of independent criminal enterprises but as a highly structured financial operation controlled by the City of London and its offshore banking network. The book, backed by Lyndon LaRouche’s research, argues that the world’s narcotics economy is an extension of the British financial oligarchy’s long-standing imperial strategy, dating back to the British East India Company’s opium trade with China.
The City of London: The Financial Nerve Center of the Drug Trade
LaRouche and his team expose how the City of London Corporation, an independent financial enclave, operates as the central hub for laundering trillions in drug money. This aligns with modern financial investigations that show how major British-linked banks, such as HSBC and Standard Chartered, have been repeatedly caught processing funds for drug cartels.
• A 2012 U.S. Senate report confirmed HSBC’s role in laundering at least $881 million for Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, yet the bank was only fined $1.9 billion—a slap on the wrist compared to its illicit earnings.
• The Bank of England and British offshore havens (Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man) serve as a black hole where narco-dollars are recycled into legitimate financial markets.
• Hong Kong and Singapore, both with historical ties to British rule, continue to function as key money-laundering centers, just as they did during the original opium trade.
LaRouche argued that the real drug kingpins are not street-level dealers or even cartel bosses, but financial institutions that process the profits and ensure the system remains intact.
LaRouche’s Broader Perspective: The British Imperial Strategy
LaRouche’s insights in Dope, Inc. were part of his larger body of work exposing British financial and geopolitical influence worldwide. His research traced the origins of the modern globalist system to a secretive network of oligarchs, central bankers, and intelligence agencies, all working to maintain British-style financial imperialism. Some of his most notable works include:
• “The Case of Walter Lippmann” (1977) – Exposed how British geopolitical strategists, including H.G. Wells and Bertrand Russell, shaped U.S. foreign policy to serve London’s financial interests.
• “The British Empire’s Global Drug Trade: Then and Now” (1992) – Updated Dope, Inc., showing how the post-Soviet financial system was being integrated into the global drug economy.
• “The Secrets Known Only to the Inner Elites” (2004) – LaRouche detailed how British intelligence agencies, such as MI6, coordinated financial warfare through offshore tax havens, hedge funds, and derivatives markets.
The British Empire Never Ended—It Changed Shape
LaRouche emphasized that while the British Empire may appear to have collapsed in the 20th century, it merely shifted from a territorial empire to a financial one. Instead of controlling nations through direct rule, Britain now exerts power through the control of global finance, commodities, and offshore banking systems.
A few key aspects of this modern British financial empire include:
• The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), which manipulates global gold prices and ensures control over monetary reserves.
• The London Metal Exchange (LME), which dominates industrial commodities markets, much like British colonial monopolies once did.
• The Anglo-Dutch banking network, including institutions like the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which acts as the central bank of central banks, dictating global financial policies.
The Opium Wars Rebranded: The Drug Epidemic as an Imperial Tool
One of Dope, Inc.’s most explosive claims is that the modern drug epidemic is not a failure of policy—it is an intentional strategy designed to weaken nations and populations. LaRouche argued that the same British oligarchy that waged the Opium Wars against China is now waging a covert drug war against the world, using narcotics as a tool of economic subjugation.
This is not just speculation. Consider:
• The CIA’s documented role in drug trafficking, from the Vietnam War’s Golden Triangle to Afghanistan’s heroin trade.
• The U.S. opioid crisis, largely fueled by British-linked pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline, which has been implicated in corrupt marketing practices that led to mass addiction.
• The legalization movement, which LaRouche suggested was not about freedom, but about integrating the drug trade into the global financial system.
Conclusion: Dope, Inc. Is More Relevant Than Ever
LaRouche’s Dope, Inc. was dismissed as conspiracy theory when it was first published, yet decades of financial scandals, drug money laundering cases, and geopolitical developments have confirmed many of its key arguments. The City of London remains the epicenter of global finance, British offshore havens continue to facilitate trillions in illicit flows, and Western intelligence agencies are still linked to the world’s most profitable narcotics operations.
As LaRouche once warned:
“The British Empire never gave up its power. It merely changed its methods, trading red coats for red ink, warships for central banks, and colonies for debt slaves.”
For those who want to understand how global finance really works, Dope, Inc. is not just a book—it’s a red pill that shatters illusions about who truly runs the world.
Originally published in 1978 by the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), Dope, Inc. is a groundbreaking exposé of the global drug trade, revealing how it operates not as a collection of independent criminal enterprises but as a highly structured financial operation controlled by the City of London and its offshore banking network. The book, backed by Lyndon LaRouche’s research, argues that the world’s narcotics economy is an extension of the British financial oligarchy’s long-standing imperial strategy, dating back to the British East India Company’s opium trade with China.
The City of London: The Financial Nerve Center of the Drug Trade
LaRouche and his team expose how the City of London Corporation, an independent financial enclave, operates as the central hub for laundering trillions in drug money. This aligns with modern financial investigations that show how major British-linked banks, such as HSBC and Standard Chartered, have been repeatedly caught processing funds for drug cartels.
• A 2012 U.S. Senate report confirmed HSBC’s role in laundering at least $881 million for Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, yet the bank was only fined $1.9 billion—a slap on the wrist compared to its illicit earnings.
• The Bank of England and British offshore havens (Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man) serve as a black hole where narco-dollars are recycled into legitimate financial markets.
• Hong Kong and Singapore, both with historical ties to British rule, continue to function as key money-laundering centers, just as they did during the original opium trade.
LaRouche argued that the real drug kingpins are not street-level dealers or even cartel bosses, but financial institutions that process the profits and ensure the system remains intact.
LaRouche’s Broader Perspective: The British Imperial Strategy
LaRouche’s insights in Dope, Inc. were part of his larger body of work exposing British financial and geopolitical influence worldwide. His research traced the origins of the modern globalist system to a secretive network of oligarchs, central bankers, and intelligence agencies, all working to maintain British-style financial imperialism. Some of his most notable works include:
• “The Case of Walter Lippmann” (1977) – Exposed how British geopolitical strategists, including H.G. Wells and Bertrand Russell, shaped U.S. foreign policy to serve London’s financial interests.
• “The British Empire’s Global Drug Trade: Then and Now” (1992) – Updated Dope, Inc., showing how the post-Soviet financial system was being integrated into the global drug economy.
• “The Secrets Known Only to the Inner Elites” (2004) – LaRouche detailed how British intelligence agencies, such as MI6, coordinated financial warfare through offshore tax havens, hedge funds, and derivatives markets.
The British Empire Never Ended—It Changed Shape
LaRouche emphasized that while the British Empire may appear to have collapsed in the 20th century, it merely shifted from a territorial empire to a financial one. Instead of controlling nations through direct rule, Britain now exerts power through the control of global finance, commodities, and offshore banking systems.
A few key aspects of this modern British financial empire include:
• The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), which manipulates global gold prices and ensures control over monetary reserves.
• The London Metal Exchange (LME), which dominates industrial commodities markets, much like British colonial monopolies once did.
• The Anglo-Dutch banking network, including institutions like the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which acts as the central bank of central banks, dictating global financial policies.
The Opium Wars Rebranded: The Drug Epidemic as an Imperial Tool
One of Dope, Inc.’s most explosive claims is that the modern drug epidemic is not a failure of policy—it is an intentional strategy designed to weaken nations and populations. LaRouche argued that the same British oligarchy that waged the Opium Wars against China is now waging a covert drug war against the world, using narcotics as a tool of economic subjugation.
This is not just speculation. Consider:
• The CIA’s documented role in drug trafficking, from the Vietnam War’s Golden Triangle to Afghanistan’s heroin trade.
• The U.S. opioid crisis, largely fueled by British-linked pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline, which has been implicated in corrupt marketing practices that led to mass addiction.
• The legalization movement, which LaRouche suggested was not about freedom, but about integrating the drug trade into the global financial system.
Conclusion: Dope, Inc. Is More Relevant Than Ever
LaRouche’s Dope, Inc. was dismissed as conspiracy theory when it was first published, yet decades of financial scandals, drug money laundering cases, and geopolitical developments have confirmed many of its key arguments. The City of London remains the epicenter of global finance, British offshore havens continue to facilitate trillions in illicit flows, and Western intelligence agencies are still linked to the world’s most profitable narcotics operations.
As LaRouche once warned:
“The British Empire never gave up its power. It merely changed its methods, trading red coats for red ink, warships for central banks, and colonies for debt slaves.”
For those who want to understand how global finance really works, Dope, Inc. is not just a book—it’s a red pill that shatters illusions about who truly runs the world.
March 23, 2021
This is a difficult book to review. But this book is a must read and go too for understanding the Opium Trade. The Executive Intelligence Review did an awesome job in demonstrating how the drug game truly works. The sources that they utilized were excellent. It would take a myriad of hours and days to dive into the topic of the Opium trade and how deep its tentacles reached and reach today. After diving into this book and topic it would be extremely difficult to not see these things for what they are and how there truly is nothing new under the sun.
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October 11, 2016This book should be REQUIRED READING in HIGH SCHOOLS .
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