I still dont understand they governments, especially the uber capitalist ones like the US, make damn sure with their laws, that the money and power are in the h

I still dont understand they governments, especially the uber capitalist ones like the US, make damn sure with their laws, that the money and power are in the hands of drug dealers and cartels. Restricting supply ups the price. You cant control demand in anything close to a reasonable way. Frankly people want drugs. Americans know this better than most since they had prohibition. I have always wondered if some how it suits government to have violent criminals controlling the supply and money. If just the money which goes to the war machine, or something else?