His office is consulting with local, regional and national law enforcement groups, coagulating information into a pool that could be used to battle drug-related crime. It will include associations, bars, affiliations, gangs - any information we can get about the people creating and selling drugs. The whirring sound you hear is George Orwell spinning in his grave. And the Founding Fathers, too. Police are the foot soldiers in this War on People.
District attorneys are further up the chain of command.
You are the commander in chief. Zappala means well. He's simply following orders. Zappala isn't the problem - you are. If so, there cannot be a double standard that targets sellers and not buyers.