I mean, the other way you could interpret this is that they were prescribed opioids, got addicted to them, and then (because they were addicted) convinced themselves that their only option was the black market.
I live in a developing country and anything coming from abroad still takes weeks. It's actually kind of great, I'll forget about things and then one day somebody hands me a box filled with stuff I like.
And fetch drinks, but you were expected to tip them