Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “If you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true.” ~ Milton Friedman (1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, "ultimate guru of the free-market system"Source: America's Drug Forum interview (1991)"America's Drug Forum" (1991)