Online Narcotics Store 'Silk Road' Is Showing Cracks

pigrabbitbear writes "It always sounded like a hoax, didn't it? Silk Road: an Internet website where you can buy any drug in the world? Yeah, right. But it's real. It was almost two years ago that we first heard about the site, which hosts everything from Adderall to Ketamine, LSD to MDMA and tons and tons of weed. After it started to pick up a ton of press and exposure, we all thought that certainly the Silk Road would get shut down. It's super illegal to sell drugs or even to help people sell drugs. But it didn't. Silk Road survives to this day. However, with the arrival this week of the first conviction of a Silk Road-related crime, you have to wonder if Silk Road's days might be numbered after all. The trouble is brewing in Australia, where a guy named Paul Leslie Howard is facing as many as five years in prison for selling drugs on Silk Road. We're not talking millions of dollars worth of drugs, but we are talking about thousands of dollars worth. And just as Silk Road natives had feared, Howard was one of those Silk Road n00bs who read a newspaper article about the site and decided to try it out for himself."

Comments

Showing crack?

[sagematt]

Showing crack just now? But that's like a staple drug.

Re:Showing crack?

[dgatwood]

Maybe it's drugs for Staples employees. I think if I had to work even a single day in retail, I'd want to smoke something....

Re:Showing crack?

[draconx]

What kind of drug would a staple need? It's job is to hold reams of paper together securely.

Unfortunately, most staples are quite inept at holding even one ream of paper together, let alone multiple reams. They are normally not in a position with much job security, as they usually can barely even support a quire of bond paper.

The drugs let these millions of inadequate staples feel better about themselves.

Re:This is stupidly risky

[ColdWetDog]

Howard got caught last summer from the simplest mistake. He had a shitload of drugs sent to his house.

It's always the last mile problem.

Re:Idiots don't get it.

[MickyTheIdiot]

This explains a lot of the postings on the Onion.

America's "highest" news source, apparently.

Re:It is not strictly illegal

[AmiMoJo]

I think you will find that the summary clearly states that Silk Road is not just illegal, it's super illegal. I find the summary is generally pretty reliable in these matters.