illegal drug trade
Underground substance commerce
The illegal drug trade is the global black market for the production, distribution, and sale of controlled substances prohibited by law.
This encompasses everything from street-level dealing to massive international trafficking operations moving cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other banned drugs across borders.
The trade generates hundreds of billions of dollars annually and drives much of the world's organized crime, corruption, and drug-related violence.
Authorities seized a shipment linked to the illegal drug trade.
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- dealersThose who sell merchandise
- substance abuseHarmful habitual intoxicant use
- gangsOrganized criminal groups
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Business of creating medications
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Organized delivery of medicine
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