It suprising easy to buy fentanyl using bitcoin says the US government

[Eduard the weeb]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/feds-crack-illegal-drug-shipments-from-china-by-googling-fentanyl-for-sale/?amp=1

 

Original article

 

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A congressional report released Wednesday lays out just how easy it is for Americans to buy the deadly opioid fentanyl from Chinese suppliers online and have it shipped to them via the government’s own postal service. The report also lays out just how difficult the practice will be to stop.

 

pretty much right now drug dealers are accepting bit coin advertising making a google site, and using the united states postal service

these drug dealers had about 766 million dollars worth of fentanyl and 7 deaths are linked to buying it this way 

 

The only thing I can say is like how ballsy were these guys using the US's gov owned mail servixe to deliver the drugs, like shouldn't they have drug snufging dogs in the mail 

 

 

Fyi I am not advising anyone to do this espically because this is really illegal and you could die on fentanyl like 42 K people died from it in 2016 alone

 

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Googling something like that should put someone on the watchlist IMO.

[Derangel]

Not surprising. Its an unregulated and untraceable currency. Its going to have both legitimate and illegitimate uses.

[Canada EH]

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

[MeDownYou]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Googling something like that should put someone on the watchlist IMO.

Dumb Stuff like rerouting your isp's fiber gets you on that list, or being a pedo

 

The list is literally laughable.

[Eduard the weeb]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Googling something like that should put someone on the watchlist IMO.

Maybe but only if you type were to buy _____ because I know I have had to do school projects on drugs

[Canada EH]

A more savvy dealer may know even what the dark web is. Perhaps even buy product online.

Some chemical person has a shop here, making carfentenol. Metro newspaper.

[WereCat]

2 minutes ago, Derangel said:

untraceable currency.

That's not really true

[Eduard the weeb]

2 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

Its from ars technica and if there is an actual report by the goverment then it should be pretty easy to find so I have my doubts it is fake

[Canada EH]

Just now, Eduard the weeb said:

Its from ars technica and if there is an actual report by the govermeny then it should be pretty easy to find so I have my doubts it is fake

Its baited news story, which means its fake!

[MeDownYou]

2 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

Let's be real they learn what they need to know. I've heard of a drug dealer importing via air carrier, and using mailing services to forward their drugs as a drop shipping method.

[Eduard the weeb]

1 minute ago, Canada EH said:

Its baited news story, which means its fake!

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-enforcement-actions-stop-deadly

[MeDownYou]

8 minutes ago, Eduard the weeb said:

 

The only thing I can say is like how ballsy were these guys using the US's own mail service to deliver the drugs, like shouldn't they have drug Sniffing dogs in the mail 

 

They only have those roll through every few weeks to months usually, and some neglect it all together anyway. 

[Suika]

7 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

My friend makes a profit managing Bitcoin for dealers and buyers, so there's that.

[ARikozuM]

So, Bitcoin is being punished for USPS not being able to screen packages correctly?

[captain_to_fire]

I hope people like them get put behind bars. With decentralized cryptocurrency like BTC, money laundering is easier than ever before and no wonder countries are putting some restrictions BTC transactions

[Donut417]

9 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

So, Bitcoin is being punished for USPS not being able to screen packages correctly?

How are they suppose to screen packages like this? Its not like they can just open shit up. Im sure they X ray it and some mail they irradiate it to kill things like microbes and stuff. Last I knew its not USPS's job to enforce Drug enforcement that falls in to the DEA. So the big question is why isnt the DEA doing its job? Must be busy putting people in Federal Prison over Weed. Because Weeds the bigger issue here. Not the drug that kills a shit load of people. 

[dizmo]

Fentanyl is very hard to train animals to detect, so it's not as wide spread. Have to keep that in mind; animals don't just become a detection animal with the ability to detect every illegal contraband under the sun.

 

As for the news, unsurprising.

 

8 hours ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

You're really using that line too often. Don't slander real news just because you don't like what it's saying.

You think street level dealers are the ones importing large amounts of drugs? You can't be that daft...

Also, crypto currency isn't rocket science. It's easy to look up, easy to figure out, and drug dealers, even street level ones, aren't idiots.

7 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

So, Bitcoin is being punished for USPS not being able to screen packages correctly?

Takes time. Granted they should be on it, but there will always be some product that slips through the cracks.

 

7 hours ago, Donut417 said:

How are they suppose to screen packages like this? Its not like they can just open shit up. Im sure they X ray it and some mail they irradiate it to kill things like microbes and stuff. Last I knew its not USPS's job to enforce Drug enforcement that falls in to the DEA. So the big question is why isnt the DEA doing its job? Must be busy putting people in Federal Prison over Weed. Because Weeds the bigger issue here. Not the drug that kills a shit load of people. 

Don't turn this thread into a giant "legalize weed" debate

 

7 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

when every a package comes into the US they can open it and search it and they should when its ship in the US

While the idea is nice, it's logistically impossible.

You thought your waits for supplier to shelf was long before...having to open every package would cripple the economy.

[GDRRiley]

7 hours ago, Donut417 said:

How are they suppose to screen packages like this? Its not like they can just open shit up.

when every a package comes into the US they can open it and search it and they should when its ship in the US

 

6 hours ago, dizmo said:

While the idea is nice, it's logistically impossible.

You thought your waits for products to shelf was long before...having to open every package would cripple the economy.

I was saying both domestic and international they can. I wasn't saying that they should search every one bit of bad writing. 

[apm]

1 hour ago, Eduard the weeb said:

The only thing I can say is like how ballsy were these guys using the US's gov owned mail servixe to deliver the drugs, like shouldn't they have drug snufging dogs in the mail

thats how all the darknet markets work. how do you think anything is being shipped? via a pigeon?

[MrDynamicMan]

1 hour ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

street dealers are not nearly as stupid as you seem to think they are, and if an untraceable way of payment crops up you're stupid if you dont think dealers ears will prick up. Silk road has existed for what, 5 years?

[TimeOmnivore]

1 hour ago, MrDynamicMan said:

street dealers are not nearly as stupid as you seem to think they are, and if an untraceable way of payment crops up you're stupid if you dont think dealers ears will prick up. Silk road has existed for what, 5 years?

Seems likely that someone up the totem pole would likely be aware of Bitcoin and the advantages it offers in not-so-legal business practices, so street dealers would probably be at least somewhat knowledgeable of the idea, I agree. Also, I'm pretty sure the Silk Road (the illegal modern-day version) has been around quite a bit longer than 2013.

[Misanthrope]

People: Looks troublesome...better get on this.

Sessions: Yeah...I will go after the booming weed economy and put broke ghetto kids on jail for stupid weed offenses: MAGA!

 

 

[Sauron]

7 hours ago, Canada EH said:

LOL Another fake news story.

 

How is a street level dealer even know what a bitcoin is. Let alone convert it to cash.

Where do you think "street level" dealers get their "product" from? There are huge organizations behind the drug trade, don't underestimate their means.

[Eduard the weeb]

6 hours ago, apm said:

thats how all the darknet markets work. how do you think anything is being shipped? via a pigeon?

not shipping it thought the US owned mail service so maybe UPS or FedEx.