Perhaps the "dark net" has improved the safety of drugs by removing the violence of street dealing, but exchanging drugs without government regulation is still dangerous; most people rarely, if ever, test the drugs they receive from China and elsewhere.
When drugs are trading under names like "acid", "molly", and "ecstasy", it's almost impossible for typical users to pinpoint exactly which chemical they are about to ingest. All of the 2C's, NBOMe's, and of course LSD are typically sold under the name "acid". And when people are dosing what they assume is LSD, they might accidentally ingest 10–100 times the regular dose of another psychedelic, sold to them as "acid". While it doesn't lead to many deaths each year, safe drugs still kill people because they are unregulated and illegal.
"On May 7, 2011, in the United States, two young adults died after overdosing on Bromo-DragonFLY, which they thought was 2C-E, and several others were hospitalized during the same incident. Because they took a dosage appropriate for 2C-E, those who took the drug received, in some cases, 100x the normal dose. Both deaths followed seizures, vomiting blood, and terrifying hallucinations. Several surviving victims are reportedly still suffering from its physical effects." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo-DragonFLY
I believe that government regulation and legalization could solve this enormous public health issue.
> Perhaps the "dark net" has improved the safety of drugs by removing the violence of street dealing, but exchanging drugs without government regulation is still dangerous; most people rarely, if ever, test the drugs they receive from China and elsewhere.
> When drugs are trading under names like "acid", "molly", and "ecstasy", it's almost impossible for typical users to pinpoint exactly which chemical they are about to ingest.
Of course, the obvious solution to this is to increase education and availability of testing kits.
This is why people use test kits and go with reputable buyers. If you use a marquis or mecke re-agent test and a good scale, you can avoid a lot of that.
And there are hundreds of thousands of people buying drugs online. There's going to be a few edge cases like that. People who take darknet LSD know to look out for nbome and other imitations.
When drugs are trading under names like "acid", "molly", and "ecstasy", it's almost impossible for typical users to pinpoint exactly which chemical they are about to ingest. All of the 2C's, NBOMe's, and of course LSD are typically sold under the name "acid". And when people are dosing what they assume is LSD, they might accidentally ingest 10–100 times the regular dose of another psychedelic, sold to them as "acid". While it doesn't lead to many deaths each year, safe drugs still kill people because they are unregulated and illegal.
"On May 7, 2011, in the United States, two young adults died after overdosing on Bromo-DragonFLY, which they thought was 2C-E, and several others were hospitalized during the same incident. Because they took a dosage appropriate for 2C-E, those who took the drug received, in some cases, 100x the normal dose. Both deaths followed seizures, vomiting blood, and terrifying hallucinations. Several surviving victims are reportedly still suffering from its physical effects." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo-DragonFLY
I believe that government regulation and legalization could solve this enormous public health issue.