Funding the drug war with government theft that was enabled by the drug war? I don't see any potential for the corruption there at all.

I always thought the practice of civil asset forfeiture was some bullshit. It is just another means for the authority to extract wealth from the population through the force of law. The "Opioid Crisis" is just a buzzword that helps to get the public on board. It stirs up a lot of fear and sympathy in people but it is just a convenient pretext for increasing the use of an extremely abusive policy.