But cryptos cut out the middle man, so the corrupt officials in the government and the money laundering banks can't get their cut of the business.

In USA both the drug deaths and profits for the illegal drug trade have sky-rocketed the last years, and the "authorities" (the part of the mafia with badges and positions) also benefit greatly as they are getting every increasing asset forfeiture (without any court involved) which basically means that the Police is dependent on drug trade to get their income, so they have to let the illegal drug trade expand to keep their jobs.

If all drugs where legal and you could buy them securely with immutable reviews on the distributed ledger, the drug problem will become very tiny. There is still a problem with drugs that are used to kill and/or control other people, but it's better if everyone have them, than that only criminals in CIA etc have them.

If you want to learn more about the drug trade, how it's connected to uranium, the Navy, CIA, FBI and terrorism, check out George Webb on Youtube (I'm still trying to get George here, but Youtube for some reason doesn't dare to mess with him. George is suing Podesta, Hillary Andrew McCabe and so on, so he is clearly someone that you don't want to mess with if you're running a shady business.).