Thanks to skyrocketing demand for opiates in some form here, the Sinaloa drug cartel is making a fortune supplying heroin in the United States.
Business Insider: Mexican heroin is flooding the US, and the Sinaloa Cartel is steering the flow
The article points out that the cartels have moved away from marijuana as a cash crop due to the broad legalization that the plant has experienced in the US.
Another wonderful side effect of the US drug war? Potency, purity of drugs reaching ever higher levels
