How am I sentimental about the truth? I am hardly unaware of the problems after over two decades in law enforcement. On what do you base your opinion out of curiosity?
Without the users and dealers here in the U.S. (and elsewhere) there is no market for the product. No market = no profits = no cartels.
Again, you cannot have one without the other.
Markets are created by products. Not the other way around. Without a product there is no market. The astounding growth of the illegal drug trade creates its own market. Without that production there is no market. If unicorns are not available they will not be sold. Find a pair of unicorns pooping skittles and dancing on rainbows and your fortune is made.