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=== Vietnam War ===
=== Vietnam War ===
The work against heroin and opium was however hamstrung by US [[foreign policy]] considerations: during the [[Vietnam War]] for instance great importance was placed on investigating minor Vietnamese smugglers that could be connected to the resistance while investigations of large scale smugglers from the US ally Thailand were left unfinished.<ref name=":12">{{Citation |title=A Century of American Narcotic Policy |date=1992 |work=Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2: Commissioned Papers on Historical, Institutional, and Economic Contexts of Drug Treatment |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234755/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |publisher=National Academies Press (US) |language=en |last1=Gerstein |first1=Dean R. |last2=Harwood |first2=Henrick J.}}</ref>
The work against heroin and opium was however hamstrung by US [[foreign policy]] considerations: during the Vietnam War for instance great importance was placed on investigating minor Vietnamese smugglers that could be connected to the resistance while investigations of large scale smugglers from the US ally Thailand were left unfinished.<ref name=":12">{{Citation |title=A Century of American Narcotic Policy |date=1992 |work=Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2: Commissioned Papers on Historical, Institutional, and Economic Contexts of Drug Treatment |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234755/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |publisher=National Academies Press (US) |language=en |last1=Gerstein |first1=Dean R. |last2=Harwood |first2=Henrick J.}}</ref>


=== Dissolution ===
=== Dissolution ===