This is as good a solution as is likely to be found, but it hardly exists in a vacuum. The culture in which this fragile status quo is imbedded ensures its rela

This is as good a solution as is likely to be found, but it hardly exists in a vacuum. The culture in which this fragile status quo is imbedded ensures its relative success. Try to transplant it into other cultures, and the myriad potential perverse incentives would turn it into just plain old police running the drugs business, with murders and all the other fun stuff that comes along with that. Some cultures are able to maintain fragile systems such as this because civic responsibility and collective good are strongly valued. Unfortunately, most cultures are not that responsible.