Notably, the drug industry does and does not include everything from the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of illicit substances, depending on your chosen frame. The headline number Chainalysis supplies, $37.8 million, is severely limited in scope. It’s based on a predictive map using four identified shops that sell fentanyl precursors in China (precursors are not the drugs themselves, but seem like a fair proxy).
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/01/why-elizabeth-warren-is-wrong-about-crypto-and-the-fentanyl-epidemic/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines