Ciccarone noted, "The fentanyl supply is drying up for some reason. Hang out on the streets, talk to people: the drugs are hard to find and more expensive." This observation challenges prior beliefs about the dominance of fentanyl in the drug market. The reduction in availability is surprising considering the high profitability and ease of production associated with fentanyl.
Vanda Felbab-Brown emphasized, "It's a development that many drug policy experts would not have imagined. Drug gangs appear to be trafficking less fentanyl and are also 'adulterating' or weakening the potency of the fentanyl being sold." This shift in the supply chain shows a potential disruption that was previously deemed unlikely by many analysts in the field.
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