What if you made it legal to buy cocaine from the police for your personal consumption. The police sell cocaine at just under the street value, and make the process of getting it somewhat bureaucratic. Hence putting cartels out of business, but not making cocaine much more appealing to everyone else.
While not quite the situation you suggest one might argue that the north east (DC, Phili, NY, Boston...) were buying from the Tenn State Police with its policy of letting the trucks though for the east bound traffic but stopping the west bound traffic to seize the cash.
What if you made it legal to buy cocaine from the police for your personal consumption. The police sell cocaine at just under the street value, and make the process of getting it somewhat bureaucratic. Hence putting cartels out of business, but not making cocaine much more appealing to everyone else.
While not quite the situation you suggest one might argue that the north east (DC, Phili, NY, Boston...) were buying from the Tenn State Police with its policy of letting the trucks though for the east bound traffic but stopping the west bound traffic to seize the cash.