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>>uptown+(OP)
“I strongly believe that my son would be here today if Ross Ulbricht had not created Silk Road,” said the man, who was identified in court only as Richard.

Such an ignorant comment it doesn't even deserve to be commented.

>>farres+Q8
The court docs were taken down since Ulbricht's attorney messed up and uploaded unredacted versions, but if that's the guy I think it is;

His son had started abusing benzos but wanted to try heroin -- he bought some H on the Silk Road and then ODed after trying it once. When they found his body, the computer was literally open to the Silk Road page..

(There were 6 deaths detailed in the sentencing guidelines, so my recounting may be slightly off, but feel free to exchange this one for the 16-year old kid who bought LSD on the SR, had a terrible trip, then jumped to his death off of a balcony)

Making dangerous drugs vastly easier to purchase by those who had no previous source for them isn't harmless.

>>mikeyo+wh
You can buy heroin everywhere. It's his job, as a father, to educate his son about drugs and other addictive substances. Blaming Silk Road is lying to yourself, but some people lack autocriticism and like blaming other people. In fact, I bet what they sold on Silk Road was of higher quality than what they sell on the streets.

The more I read about the war on drugs, the sadder I become. I used to be one of those that wanted to leave everything as it is today, and I've changed my mind.