Open air drug dealing inside the casinos

In the years I've lived in Vegas, I've of course noticed the open air drug markets up and down and (especially) around the strip. As a recovered addict, this bothered me especially at first, but I've come to be able to tune it out over time. Lately though, I've noticed dealers brazenly slinging their products inside the casinos. Just the other day, I noticed a small group of people loudly and conspicuously soliciting cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine inside the Bellagio at the bar next to the poker room. If this isn't a new phenomena, then it's one that weirdly somehow escaped my attention up till now. Either way, imo it's a big problem.

For those of you who are gonna say 'so if you don't want it, just don't buy it' - don't bother. Yes, my status as an ex addict gives me a particular aversion to this, but there are many other reasons that it's bad for the general public, and for Vegas tourism in particular.

1. First and foremost, it's a public health hazard. Heroin and other opiates and opioid derivatives (all of which I've noticed being sold in and around casinos where I play) can be fatal. Especially these days. Tourists who've done heroin recreationally in their lives may buy some at a casino thinking it'll be similar to what they've tried, and they'll be wrong. Drugs potency has always varied regionally, and especially now with fentanyl being everywhere, this is especially true. A drunk tourist could have a fatal overdose from doing what they thought to be a small amount.

Also, painkillers (oxycodone, hydromorphone, etc) which are much more socially acceptable among the population and common among the drugs I've heard being sold, are not necessarily what the customer thinks they are. They may not even be from a pharmacy at all. It's common and profitable for dealers to press fentanyl into pills and print brand logos to make them look legit. This practice itself has caused countless deaths. Basically, no matter your opinion on the criminal status of narcotics, the brazen dealing I see regularly now is dangerous and potentially fatal.

2. The dealers can and will drive away players. Lots of tourists go to Vegas to feel classy. The atmosphere of a west Baltimore drug corner isn't that. If I notice the dealing, so do others, and tons of players from street weekenders to trust fund frat boys will find it off-putting.

3. It's inevitable that this dealing will result in arrests, possibly a police raid. Maybe even paramedics. Police presence is something that I find off-putting, and I doubt I'm the only one.

These are just the first three issues that came to mind. I could go on. Oh, please spare me the 'supply and demand' argument. Yes, there is demand, and there is supply. Those looking to get high, either because they're addicts or thrill seekers or whatever have no shortage of places to go in Las Vegas, a fact true of most cities. There's a whole drug scene out there in sin city. Both demand and supply thrive. I can tell you where there ISN'T demand for narcotics. The bar by the Bellagio poker room. The dealers there, and in other casinos, are simply trying to take advantage of an atmosphere filled with already invigorated people where they can push their product on those who may not know any better - likely at a huge price markup, too.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is anyone else bothered by it?