Buying Drugs with Bitcoin ?

[the rise]

Bitcoin develops like cancer, continues to grow and can't be regulated by anyone, every month on my national tv there is always news about drug transactions using bitcoin, even the wearer is from the artist and businessmen, but still the government doesn't prohibit the use of bitcoin. I feel that the bitcoin line-drug transaction path through the dark road can't be watched frontally, but can be investigated through the transport bureau of the sender. Here the supervision comes into force and gets tighter in the future.

[BitcoinAccepted]

As decentralized currency, Bitcoin is used by hackers and used to buy illegal things like drugs and so on. But nowadays there is a lot of valuable crypto currencies, used to buy such things as well.

People buy drugs with money. Point period blank. It doesn't matter if that money is Fiat, bitcoin, or freaking Tide detergent, I shit you not.

http://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/


Later, Thompson reviewed weeks’ worth of the Safeway’s security footage. He found that more than two dozen thieves, working in crews, were regularly raiding the store’s household-products aisle, sometimes returning more than once the same day and avoiding detection by timing their heists to follow clerks’ shift changes. Owners and managers of other area stores, having seen Thompson on the news, reached out to him to report their own vanishing Tide bottles. Since then, the oddly brand-loyal crime wave has gone national, striking bodegas, supermarkets, and big-box discounters from Austin to West St. Paul, Minnesota. In New York, employees at the Penn Station Duane Reade nabbed a man trying to abscond with Tide bottles he’d stuffed into a suitcase. In Orange County, an attempted Tide theft led to a high-speed chase that included the thief crashing his SUV into an ambulance. Last year, for the first time, detergent made the National Retail Federation’s list of most-targeted items. Says Joseph LaRocca, founder of the trade group RetailPartners, who helped compile the report: “Tide was specifically called out.”

As the cases piled up after his team’s first Tide-theft bust, Thompson sought an answer to the riddle at the center of the crimes: What did thieves want with so much laundry soap? To find out, he and his unit pored over security recordings to identify prolific perpetrators, whom officers then tracked down and detained for questioning. “We never promised to go easy on them, but they were willing to talk about it,” Thompson says. “I guess they were bragging.” It turned out the detergent wasn’t ­being used as an ingredient in some new recipe for getting high, but instead to buy drugs themselves. Tide bottles have become ad hoc street currency, with a 150-ounce bottle going for either $5 cash or $10 worth of weed or crack cocaine. On certain corners, the detergent has earned a new nickname: “Liquid gold.” The Tide people would never sanction that tag line, of course. But this unlikely black market would not have formed if they weren’t so good at pushing their product.

TLDR: bitcoin is just a convenient avenue of payment. You can no more associate bitcoin directly with vice as well, Tide™ with crack addiction

And someone argued me.down here that 'not just everything can be a currency'. Tell that to crackheads.

Love this!

In the UK - Steak / Cheese are pretty interchangeable as currency amongst addicts at a quarter of its retail price.

[hardtime]

Wouldn't want to do this with this sort of currency anyway, I know a ton of people will come out and simply say that you can't trace it if you follow my plan of X,Y, and Z but I still would rather (if I was doing this, please dont raid my house FBI I WOULDN'T) use cold hard cash if you're going to be doing anything illegal, I wouldn't want to broadcast my payment to the world.

I also wouldn't want to be using my computer / internet fingerprint in anyway when it comes to illegal activities when it comes to stuff like that, maybe its just me but I'm not like that in the least. I'd rather buy from the local drug dealer (yet again I dont but that's if I did)

[Gumpfire]

Anyone bought drugs with bitcoin and what are you thought on the subject ?

i know i have used bitcoin to buy psilocybe cubensis thank you bitcoin i cold have not done this without you now i can trip watching corry & eastenders in the evening its such a sight.

Never in my life that i buy drugs using my bitcoin even my own money because in my country it is very illegal here to use drugs or to sell drugs, i will be dead if i buy drugs. And i never heard anyone that they buy drugs using there bitciin because maybe no drug dealer would accept bitcoin as payment in an exchange of drugs.

[lienfaye]

Some people Using Bitcoin for unnecessary reason like buying Their vice Like drugs ..  We dont know What is the reason behind that .

Well we have our reasons to do such things and everyone is free to do what they want to purchase online, this is really happening since btc cant reveal your identity. for me i wont use my btc to buy drugs id rather buy any useful things or invest my btc.

[notyours]

In first i started using bitcoin until now i never ever buy drugs cause all we know that its illegal and it can harm you and you will die early. But bitcoin is free and freedom, in general you can buy anything besides it easy to send and receive money so there are many users that badly use bitcoin for buying drugs in the any country.

[SoulBargain]

Some people Using Bitcoin for unnecessary reason like buying Their vice Like drugs ..  We dont know What is the reason behind that .

Well we have our reasons to do such things and everyone is free to do what they want to purchase online, this is really happening since btc cant reveal your identity. for me i wont use my btc to buy drugs id rather buy any useful things or invest my btc.

Same as you, I will use my precious bitcoin into a much sensical, a far more important things than buying these drugs which has no real benefit. We can't control people really as to where they will spend their bitcoin like fiat because it really depends on them though I am not saying that this is right because this is wrong and illegal which should be subdued.

[choppork]

Wouldn't want to do this with this sort of currency anyway, I know a ton of people will come out and simply say that you can't trace it if you follow my plan of X,Y, and Z but I still would rather (if I was doing this, please dont raid my house FBI I WOULDN'T) use cold hard cash if you're going to be doing anything illegal, I wouldn't want to broadcast my payment to the world.

I also wouldn't want to be using my computer / internet fingerprint in anyway when it comes to illegal activities when it comes to stuff like that, maybe its just me but I'm not like that in the least. I'd rather buy from the local drug dealer (yet again I dont but that's if I did)

There's disadvantages on each side. In bitcoin, your trail will forever be on the public ledger. Anyone can investigate you, follow your trail, and connect the dots by themselves. When buying using hard cash instead, somebody can do a sting operation on you. Someone can pretend that they are a drug dealer and have a police around the meetup place. A drug dealer can also be used by the police to catch the drug abusers. You simply never know who you can trust.

One big advantage of bitcoin, though, there's no proof that the address belongs to you unless you put your whereabouts on the Internet. So even when they know the address of the drug dealer and trace the addresses that have had a transaction with him, it's impossible for them to get to you unless you were clumsy enough to have your actual whereabouts posted and linked with the address.

[Untouchable]

I'm just new with bitcoins but I already do have some background on it. I'm never ever going to buy drugs using bitcoins because I don't even buy drugs using cash. Other people might have been using bitcoins to do so, but the majority of people are still using paper money to buy drugs.

My thought about the subject is that other people associated bitcoin too much on illegal transactions. It has made bitcoin sound both cool and dangerous. Cool to those people that want to sound like they use drugs and they are related to crime stuffs even when they are not. On the other hand, it sounds dangerous that other people don't want to even just start using it.

[Gens09]

Anyone bought drugs with bitcoin and what are you thought on the subject ?

i know i have used bitcoin to buy psilocybe cubensis thank you bitcoin i cold have not done this without you now i can trip watching corry & eastenders in the evening its such a sight.

Its jusy easier in bitcoin to make a illegal transaction like in the deepweb where it is alreadh happening the bitcoin is become an a instrument in the silkroad in buying drug and guns we know that bitcoin is anonimous and also digital so no need to have a complicated set up.

[AicecreaME]

Wouldn't want to do this with this sort of currency anyway, I know a ton of people will come out and simply say that you can't trace it if you follow my plan of X,Y, and Z but I still would rather (if I was doing this, please dont raid my house FBI I WOULDN'T) use cold hard cash if you're going to be doing anything illegal, I wouldn't want to broadcast my payment to the world.

I also wouldn't want to be using my computer / internet fingerprint in anyway when it comes to illegal activities when it comes to stuff like that, maybe its just me but I'm not like that in the least. I'd rather buy from the local drug dealer (yet again I dont but that's if I did)

There's disadvantages on each side. In bitcoin, your trail will forever be on the public ledger. Anyone can investigate you, follow your trail, and connect the dots by themselves. When buying using hard cash instead, somebody can do a sting operation on you. Someone can pretend that they are a drug dealer and have a police around the meetup place. A drug dealer can also be used by the police to catch the drug abusers. You simply never know who you can trust.

One big advantage of bitcoin, though, there's no proof that the address belongs to you unless you put your whereabouts on the Internet. So even when they know the address of the drug dealer and trace the addresses that have had a transaction with him, it's impossible for them to get to you unless you were clumsy enough to have your actual whereabouts posted and linked with the address.

Indeed, but I guess everyone who are using bitcoin on buying drugs won't do such thing---connecting about some of their personal information on their bitcoin address or wallet, since we are talking here about some serious stuffs. The only possible situation to happen is that the one who is selling drugs secretly to all the people by using bitcoin, is the one who will suffer the most consequences.

Just like on what happened on the Silk Road, they found out the guy who is beyond on that thing way back on 2015, though I know that there are still sites like that, which do sells drugs online using bitcoin.

[Taki]

Some people Using Bitcoin for unnecessary reason like buying Their vice Like drugs ..  We dont know What is the reason behind that .

Well we have our reasons to do such things and everyone is free to do what they want to purchase online, this is really happening since btc cant reveal your identity. for me i wont use my btc to buy drugs id rather buy any useful things or invest my btc.

An individualdecides for himself how to spend his bitcoins. I think today it is possible to buy whatever with crypto currencies, in some place you have to cash out your bitcoins at first, normally. To me bitcoin is the one saurse of money nowadays, just like a salary. So, I am spending this money for food, roof and entertaiments (drugs are not one of them   )

[choppork]

Wouldn't want to do this with this sort of currency anyway, I know a ton of people will come out and simply say that you can't trace it if you follow my plan of X,Y, and Z but I still would rather (if I was doing this, please dont raid my house FBI I WOULDN'T) use cold hard cash if you're going to be doing anything illegal, I wouldn't want to broadcast my payment to the world.

I also wouldn't want to be using my computer / internet fingerprint in anyway when it comes to illegal activities when it comes to stuff like that, maybe its just me but I'm not like that in the least. I'd rather buy from the local drug dealer (yet again I dont but that's if I did)

There's disadvantages on each side. In bitcoin, your trail will forever be on the public ledger. Anyone can investigate you, follow your trail, and connect the dots by themselves. When buying using hard cash instead, somebody can do a sting operation on you. Someone can pretend that they are a drug dealer and have a police around the meetup place. A drug dealer can also be used by the police to catch the drug abusers. You simply never know who you can trust.

One big advantage of bitcoin, though, there's no proof that the address belongs to you unless you put your whereabouts on the Internet. So even when they know the address of the drug dealer and trace the addresses that have had a transaction with him, it's impossible for them to get to you unless you were clumsy enough to have your actual whereabouts posted and linked with the address.

Indeed, but I guess everyone who are using bitcoin on buying drugs won't do such thing---connecting about some of their personal information on their bitcoin address or wallet, since we are talking here about some serious stuffs. The only possible situation to happen is that the one who is selling drugs secretly to all the people by using bitcoin, is the one who will suffer the most consequences.

Just like on what happened on the Silk Road, they found out the guy who is beyond on that thing way back on 2015, though I know that there are still sites like that, which do sells drugs online using bitcoin.

Even in real world, imagine if all the drug users goes to jail. That's one big portion of the population. When you arrest every drug user including those that only use it every now and then, then jail cells will be filled up. I guess it's one of the reasons why they don't arrest each and everyone of them. They only catch the big fishes. There are cases when inmates get out of jail earlier than expected because of overcrowding.

The police people do not have the time to search all these small time drug users and drug sellers. Only ones they really try to find are those that are involved in huge crimes like Silk Road.

[Cherylstar86]

If you buy drugs using bitcoin make sure to it that it's not a prohibited type or an illegal drugs. I know bitcoin can be prone to illegal trading of drugs because it's very anonymous. We are now very hot about illegal drugs special in out country, so we should be careful on transactions specially drug related and be sure that you have a legitimate persons to deal with. Avoid this kind of transaction if needed and better buy drugs at your local area drug stores.

[thisappointed]

Wouldn't want to do this with this sort of currency anyway, I know a ton of people will come out and simply say that you can't trace it if you follow my plan of X,Y, and Z but I still would rather (if I was doing this, please dont raid my house FBI I WOULDN'T) use cold hard cash if you're going to be doing anything illegal, I wouldn't want to broadcast my payment to the world.

I also wouldn't want to be using my computer / internet fingerprint in anyway when it comes to illegal activities when it comes to stuff like that, maybe its just me but I'm not like that in the least. I'd rather buy from the local drug dealer (yet again I dont but that's if I did)

There's disadvantages on each side. In bitcoin, your trail will forever be on the public ledger. Anyone can investigate you, follow your trail, and connect the dots by themselves. When buying using hard cash instead, somebody can do a sting operation on you. Someone can pretend that they are a drug dealer and have a police around the meetup place. A drug dealer can also be used by the police to catch the drug abusers. You simply never know who you can trust.

One big advantage of bitcoin, though, there's no proof that the address belongs to you unless you put your whereabouts on the Internet. So even when they know the address of the drug dealer and trace the addresses that have had a transaction with him, it's impossible for them to get to you unless you were clumsy enough to have your actual whereabouts posted and linked with the address.

Indeed, but I guess everyone who are using bitcoin on buying drugs won't do such thing---connecting about some of their personal information on their bitcoin address or wallet, since we are talking here about some serious stuffs. The only possible situation to happen is that the one who is selling drugs secretly to all the people by using bitcoin, is the one who will suffer the most consequences.

Just like on what happened on the Silk Road, they found out the guy who is beyond on that thing way back on 2015, though I know that there are still sites like that, which do sells drugs online using bitcoin.

Even in real world, imagine if all the drug users goes to jail. That's one big portion of the population. When you arrest every drug user including those that only use it every now and then, then jail cells will be filled up. I guess it's one of the reasons why they don't arrest each and everyone of them. They only catch the big fishes. There are cases when inmates get out of jail earlier than expected because of overcrowding.

The police people do not have the time to search all these small time drug users and drug sellers. Only ones they really try to find are those that are involved in huge crimes like Silk Road.

Agreed, because if they are going to catch the drug lords or the big fishes, then they could assure that those who are buying or using drugs can't buy anymore since the supplier and the maker of this illegal drugs has been already detained to prison. This big fishes that you were saying is the only problem, without them, there are no illegal drugs, and if there are no illegal drugs, then we don't have any problem about illegal drugs addiction.

Problem solved.

[eann014]

Buying drugs in bitcoin is not impossible if there are pusher who are offering their product in terms of bitcoin and there is a pros and cons of doing that but i do not like to use bitcoin in illegal transactions.

Yeah, nowadays a lot of people have a bitcoin wallet, what if the drug lords have also a bitcoin wallet? Of course there is a possibility to use bitcoin as their payment to buy drugs. We will not know their transactions because we also don't know if one of this signature campaigns is also a pusher. All of us here in signature campaign, we didn't know each other but we are posting here and talking about bitcoin. We are debating and asking or sharing our thoughts in every single of the topic but we didn’t know each other. Just like when there are pusher and they also have a bitcoin wallet we may not know who they are having that wallet or who really owns that wallet.

[Cofee.BLUE]

NO NO NO not gonna happen I dont wanna buy drugs with bitcoin or even my money.But for some reason in the dark web,they use the bitcoin to buy some of the illegal drugs because of its anonymity.But still,buying drugs with any currency or any crypto coins is illegal.

[hinatashoyou]

Buying drugs with bitcoin could be, all things worth being exchanged for drugs, cars, homes, dollars can be exchanged for drugs. But drugs are illegal and should not be used. There is no benefit that we can use drugs. I do not want to touch drugs, I also do not smoke and drink alcoholic beverages

[freeyourmind]

Agreed, because if they are going to catch the drug lords or the big fishes, then they could assure that those who are buying or using drugs can't buy anymore since the supplier and the maker of this illegal drugs has been already detained to prison. This big fishes that you were saying is the only problem, without them, there are no illegal drugs, and if there are no illegal drugs, then we don't have any problem about illegal drugs addiction.

Problem solved.

There are many legal drugs that are highly addictive such as oxycontin or morphine (or any optiate), and there are illegal drugs that are not addictive at all (lsd, psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis, dmt, etc.).

The government is not looking out for your health by making non-pharmaceutical drugs illegal.  Most deaths in the states are from completely legal drugs (tobacco, alchohol, prescription drugs).

There will be no illegal drugs when all drugs are legalized.  Doesn't make sense to put anyone in jail for doing drugs in their own house.

What you refer to as "big fish" are organized crime, meaning they are part of the system we are in.  There is no removing them unless drugs are legalized.  Prohibition has failed miserably throughout history.

[CjMapope]

Personally, i think it sux that Bitcoin is used for this, but it's the same with guns, gotta take the good with the bad it's just a tool, as humans how we USE it is up to us! When i think about it i would never use a crypto at all, except maybe XMR or w.e, as using Bitcoin leaves a "money trail" you can't erase! lol
That's why i always think it's funny when they say Bitcoin is used for bad shit, ya cause criminals want a money trail, they use cash, it can be counterfeited and is untraceable mostly.