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by IllogicalLogic 2469 days ago
Most of Teddy Roosevelt's wealth (the Delano fortune) came from Opium. So did the Coolidge (Thomas Jefferson's family), Sturgis, Low, Green, Forbes (John Kerry's family), & Russell family fortunes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_%26_Company

The trading roster for opium dealing in China is a who's who of who founded this country and funded ivy league schools.

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I stand corrected.