The US Government is not involved directly in the manufacture and supply of illicit heroin. It does not have to be, for it uses its immense political influence worldwide to expand and regulate the trade as suits the expansionist ambitions of Corporate America. Having an illicit, street-level supply of good quality, cheap heroin has long been recognised by numerous governments as an important factor in effecting high levels of civil control. Furthermore, Corporate America fully realises that the presence of heroin can help facilitate their expansionist ambitions in Europe and the rest of the world. Big companies like being big and want to get bigger still.
Growth is seen as fundamental to existence.
Corporations expanding their holdings, both fiscal and human, across Europe and the rest of the world, find it very useful to have certain elements in place within their intended target cultures, prior to and during expansion. The most important element is a highly-Americanised media. One in which information, whether it relates to news broadcasts or soap powder ads, is formatted in a certain way and conforms to certain structures developed by Corporate America to subtly promote consumerism and materialism at a base psychological level. Next up, a corporate-compliant scientific establishment unwilling to contradict some of the more dubious claims and visions of media science. And thirdly, the presence of high-quality cheap and illicit analgesics, like heroin, is useful in that it serves to both politically and socially disenfranchise those persons who, for one reason or another, don't quite fit into the corporate game plan.