In fact, Operation Drop-In is just the latest, formalprogram involving the CAP and the nation's chief anti-drug agencies,the U.S. Customs Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Foryears, the CAP has been engaged in flight operations on behalfof the federal government, flying federal law enforcement personneland their equipment to search for clandestine airstrips and marijuanafields and flying the borders looking for smugglers, for example. Of course, as the CAP's drug-interdiction activities have grownin scope and frequency, so have its budget and its appetite foran ever-greater role to play. You could say that CAP is, itself,addicted to drugs.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/addicted-to-drugs-the-civil-air-patrol-and-operation-drop-in