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It was unregulated drug trade that resulted in unethical business practices that killed people. And while it is probably true that the relatives of persons killed by poisonous formulations will not repeat business with the lethal vendor, eventually driving unethical vendors out of business, that market model is very unpopular with potential victims of unregulated, profit-motivated drug producers.

The FDA regulates the drug industry, not the DEA, but thanks for playing.

[Mojave]

The FDA regulates the drug industry, not the DEA

The DEA arrests drug dealers.

[TheGeezer]

The existence of the DEA is implicit to FDA function. Without enforcement, regulation is irrelevant. I suppose since I mentioned regulation, I might have referred to the FDA, but since I cannot picture an FDA without a DEA, it did not occur to me to so.

I believe my point to be still valid, even without mention of the FDA, although if FDA can enforce its regulations, that may make the DEA unnecessary. Since the nature of illegal drug trade is quite violent, however, removing enforcement to a separate agency was likely deemed necessary when DEA legislation was drafted. Inspecting a research or production facility is rather different and less violent than pursuing crack distributors.