I will be honest. I find this highly IRRELEVANT and pretty stupid. The “dope on the table” press conference is some of the worst of the 1980’s drug war theater.
Further, the Economics community is intended to focus on: economics, monetary policy, fiscal matters, macroeconomics, econometrics, behavioral economics, modern monetary theory, international trade, unemployment, and the like. This really doesn’t even address narcotics from any of those lenses, let alone anything more fundamental.
I guess the Sybils are still here.