2012-11-19 Brighton Argus - Getting drugs posted through your door

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Awesome, Bitcoins just made the front page of my local rag. Apologies if this doesn't fit the Press section, most of the coverage is Silk Road rather than Bitcoins, but I was too excited to see it there...

Special delivery: Getting drugs posted through your door

Ben Leo
2012-11-19

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10056853.Special_delivery__Getting_drugs_posted_through_your_door/

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Brighton clubber Sam, 24, not his real name, excitedly showed our reporter around the bizarre community of drug buyers and sellers who frequent the website.

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The rest is pretty much as you'd imagine from a good, family-oriented local paper.

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Thanks for reporting.

My local rag also just did a story on the Silk Road.. but without mentioning Bitcoin.

Dangerous new drugs sold on web 'silk road'
2012-11-19
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/dangerous-new-drugs-sold-on-web-silk-road-20121118-29k71.html

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Always nice to see them amplifying the "danger" side of things, despite quotes like this further down the piece:

He said the drugs sold tended to be older drugs such as cannabis, which he was surprised to find was the most common product.

"Bitcoin: Helping you buy what you always bought anyway."

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"bizarre community"? 

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"bizarre community"? 

Yeah, how did they find out

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It's amazing to see how little they worry about giving Silk Road a lot of publicity with those articles  

« More and more people I know in Brighton are now coming onto Silk Road to order their stuff. It’s just so much easier and I know the quality of the stuff I order isn’t going to be compromised. »

Awesome.   It's funny that nerds and clubbers are the most likely kinds of bitcoin users.