system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do darknet dealers get drugs like cocaine and heroin in the first place?

Like where does the drug come from in the first place? How'd they make it and stuff?
gpt
The same way traditional drug dealers do.  From producers, or importers (who get them from producers).  The drug supply chain does not change, what changes is how the product gets to the end user.

Think of it like Amazon vs a general store.  They both buy products from suppliers and wholesalers but they retail the products very differently.