I don't agree with your premise that what we have now is anarchy. We have control. An imperfect form of control, no doubt. But it's illogical to dismiss law enforcement as anarchy. Even under 'regulated' legalization, law enforcement will be an integral component.
an·ar·chy
1 a: absence of government b: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c: a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government
Is the government really the authority when drug cartels count on a certain amount of drugs to get intercepted. Do we have any authority, or control over their lawlessness? They do as they please,m go ahead ask any drug smuggler how much
authority our government has over them, ask the Farc, ask the afghans growing poppies in a country that
we are occupying, ask the mexican drug cartels as they slaughter thousands both in the streets of mexico, and the streets right here in the U.S. at the same time they intimidate law enforcement to step down in fear.
Do we have any authority, or is there law in neighborhoods where 14 year old kids openly peddle drugs on the corner, and a drive by shooting witnessed by the
entire neighborhood goes unsolved because no one will step forward and testify?
The drug trade is impervious to our so called "government authority", and does in fact operate in a system of complete lawlessness.
One drug dealer goes down, 5 step up to take his place. thanks to our "authority" we have a darwinian natural selection, we catch the inept drug dealers, while the cream of the crop continue to operate completely immune to this so called "authority" in a complete state of lawlessness.
There is no control over whether a child can get their hands on drugs, there is no control over distribution, there is no control over the violence, this is indeed anarchy.