The job of the drug dealer is to give out (8)
I believe the answer is:
dispense
'give out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'the job of the drug dealer is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'drug' could be 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'is' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dispense that I've seen before include "Issue (e.g. medicine); do (with)out" , "Hand out (medicine)" , "Execute" , "Deal out or distribute" , "Prepare and distribute medicine" .)