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Between 1986 and 1998, 15 shootings took place at United States Postal Offices, resulting in 41 deaths. Why?

It was like the mafia. When men went overseas in WWI, they returned without an education and families started. They needed a steady job. However, those soldiers came back with more than just a few medals… they came back with a little drug habit. At first, it started small, maybe just a few guys bringing it in. Then their sons joined in WWII, only to come back with a similar problem. The post office was good enough for their dad, why not them? By the time the 60’s hit and the 'summer of love' happened, drug distribution and usage in America had exploded. The postal office is now an institution inside an institution run by families of generations of war veterans. However, by the time the 80s hit (and the bulk of drug imports were crack, cocaine, and heroin) things started to slip.  

They start “Going Postal”.  

The post office told the media the shootings were due to the stressful conditions at work. The US Postal Service was in its glory days, bigger than the Internet boom was in the 90s. The postal system helped build America, supporting growth and commerce, and ensuring a free flow of ideas, products, and information. Find out how the vein of poison grew in this American institution as the body of America flourished until it didn't...