nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Pandemic Disrupts Illegal Drug Trade, Upending Both Product And Profits||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The pandemic's disruption of international labor and transportation sectors has made it harder to produce and transport illegal drugs and to send profits back across national borders.

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on Oct. 8, 2019, in New York. According to the DEA, one drug that remains widely available in much of the U.S. is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.



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Pandemic Disrupts Illegal Drug Trade, Upending Both Product And Profits

The pandemic's disruption of international labor and transportation sectors has made it harder to produce and transport illegal drugs and to send profits back across national borders.