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Online drug trade? (1-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

e-commerce

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'trade?' is the definition.
(I know that E-Commerce is a type of trade)

'online drug' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'online' could be 'e' (abbreviation for electronic, e.g. in ecommerce) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'drug' could be 'c' (C is an example) and 'c' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for e-commerce that I've seen before include "Internet trade" , "Business conducted via the internet" , "Online trading" , "Transactions conducted on the internet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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