The SilkRoad led to safer drug use, partially thanks to crypto

In contrast to the government’s portrayal of the Silk Road website as a more dangerous version of a traditional drug marketplace, it was in many respects the most responsible drug marketplace in history.

By giving users cleaner drugs, off the dangerous streets, and by using anonymized money, it was largely a peaceable alternative to the often deadly violence so commonly associated with the global drug war, and street drug transactions!

Furthermore, the website had safe usage forums with information mechanisms for safer and more responsible forms of recreational drug use; something you certainly won’t get on the streets or from Google.

Silk Road showed us an (imperfect yet forward thinking) way to overcome issues involved with drug use, but lawmakers only want to focus on punishment while casting crypto as this dirty tool for dirty people.