The cartels that run themselves like businesses will still have organizational structures, transportation networks, soldiers, guns, large-scale agriculture, and intimate knowledge of the societies in their areas of operation. I can see some of them becoming regional warlords. Others will pivot - their business model will remain "give people what they want," but by 2000, many people who never wanted cocaine will be desperate for stability and sustenance. Those cartels will become food cartels. Some will expand into other critical infrastructure sectors and will eventually supplant governments at the state/province level.
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