Silk Road sentencing: why governments can't win the war on darknet drugs

Dread Pirate Roberts may have been sentenced to life, but experts and customers say the tide has turned and internet markets for illicit products are here to stay

One gram of black tar heroin. Price: 0.5 Bitcoins, or around $118.

It is pictured, dark and exotic, next to a needle and a penknife, for scale. Underneath it, users have left rave reviews: “5/5 – Came ridiculously fast. Best stealth, weight on point. Solid product. Perfect purchase as always.”

“5/5 – Even in this chaos he shipped my order fast with great stealth. The product is fire as usual. Thanks.”

“5/5 – 48 hours as usual you guys are super.”

Abutting the heroin is a cornucopia of other drugs and paraphernalia: 20 pills of the concentration drug Modafini ships for for 0.08BTC, or just under $20. A generic 10-pack of the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis, a shade under $30. Two hundred...

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