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>Looker was once a Pokémon ranger in his youth, the position he holds now with the international police is what Pokémon rangers beyond ranger rank 10 get promoted to, but it’s not really mentioned in the ranger games because it’s more covert and black ops like
>Legendary pokemon are more like Bigfoots with super powers, they’re a species and not just a single entity, explaining why there’s several of them in Johto, Unova, Hoenn and etc.
>Being an Elite 4 members earns you law enforcement privileges to some extent, that’s why Lance was able to investigate Rocket like he did and go undercover with team magma and aqua like he did in the anime.
>Drugs and alcohol still exist in the Pokémon world but there’s a lot less of a societal push to do them. Also humans ingesting potions and antidotes and such can give them a high but the stronger potions like full restores carry more of a risk of causing heart palpitations and permanent nerve damage