Will growth in cryptomarket drug buying increase the harms of illicit drugs?

ConclusionsThere is an emerging and rapidly growing evidence base connected to the macro and micro harms and benefits of cryptomarkets for drug users. Future researchers should use appropriately matched comparative designs to establish more firmly the differential harms and benefits of sourcing drugs both on‐ and off‐line. While it is unlikely that the on‐line drug trade can be eradicated completely, cryptomarkets will respond to regulation and enforcement in ways that have complex, and sometimes unanticipated, effects on both harms and benefits.

Source: Addiction - August 2, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Judith Aldridge, Alex Stevens, Monica J. Barratt Tags: Addiction Debate Source Type: research