But if anything, it appears the opposite has happened.

I think and hope that this trend will continue. You are taking all the violence and crime out of the equation while emphasizing safety and fair trade. You're taking the dealers selling to kids and replacing them with adults who can responsibly make their own decisions what they put in their systems. Little Timmy isn't going to figure out how to access these markets. If a darknet dealer is selling bad product he won't be around for long. This is capitalism at it's finest. Big Pharma wishes it could get in on this. They don't want the competition.