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| Silk Road: Your Destination for Buying Illegal Drugs Online With Untraceable Currency |
| I'll be the first to admit that I don't get out enough and my life seems to revolve around taking my children to and from different baseball fields. But are you telling me that you knew that there was a website that enables you to buy illegal drugs online (heroin, LSD, cocaine, etc.) pretty much the same way you'd buy a book or a DVD player? And that you can do so using a supposedly untraceable type of currency called Bitcoins? I don't think so! Adrian Chen of Gawker writes here about a website called Silk Road that "makes buying and selling illegal drugs as easy as buying used electronics -- and seemingly as safe. It's Amazon -- if Amazon sold mind-altering chemicals." It even has eBay-type "feedback" on sellers so you can buy your Afghani hash with greater peace of mind about your supplier. Chen includes details on a buyer named Mark's experience purchasing 10 tabs of LSD, which were delivered in an ordinary envelope to his door by the U.S. Postal Service. Mark found a seller with lots of good feedback ... added the acid to his digital shopping cart and hit "check out." He entered his address... |
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