Accessing drugs online: Some user experiences and policy implications
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The Drugs and New Technologies (DNeT) project aims to investigate drug marketplaces online and in other emerging technologies. It aims to assess and quantify the online availability of drugs, including both traditional and new psychoactive substances.
The number of illicit drug retailers selling to Australia on underground websites such as the now defunct Silk Road increased significantly in 2013, according to monitoring by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) has today published findings from a new research stream dedicated to tracking the internet’s increasing role in the supply of illicit drugs and drug-related information.