These true selected stories of The Noble Experiment invite readers to peek at the inside life of a DEA Agent. Working in the volatile cocaine “cowboys” era and crack epidemic of the 1980s, Dave Gaddis earned a reputation as a man who could not be compromised. He continued his work during the drug invasion of the U.S. Southwest Border of the 1990s and the methamphetamine, opioid and fentanyl crises of the 2000s. From Miami to Medellin and Mexico, DEA Dave relentlessly pursued drug cartels, trying to stem illegal drugs from reaching the streets of America. But, after a quarter century, the global scourge of illicit drugs remains omnipresent, prompting him to acknowledge the failures in America’s Drug Control Policy. Offering defined solutions, he explains what needs to be fixed to improve the United States’ defenses against a poison that has debilitated and irreparably damaged the U.S. economy, its national security and the lives of millions. Dave Gaddis was a DEA Special Agent for more than 25 years, serving in some of the most dangerous regions around the world. From Miami to Mexico, Colombia to Nicaragua, he worked investigations against the Mexican and Colombian cartels responsible for supplying all of the cocaine and most of the heroin destined for the United States. He finished his career in 2011 as the Chief of Global Enforcement Operations at the DEA Headquarters office overlooking the US Capitol and Washington, DC skyline.