Thanks for highlighting this side of "Illegal drugs". For some time I had to order Naltrexone (LDN) for my partner with ME/CFS with bitcoin as it was impossible to find a doctor who could subscribe this, let alone know about this specific treatment. She benefited greatly and it would not have been possible without very spammy looking pharmacy sites and bitcoin. Luckily things have improved and this is now possible using regular channels.

Eh, I was semi-addicted to heroin, and I can testify - hell, I can give you a list of usernames from memory - that that's absolutely endemic on Wickr. It's the #1 go-to location for it[0]. It's not just 'virtuous' stuff like medical marijuana and abortion pills. I wasn't remotely surprised to read any of this.

And I will bet you, at any odds you like, that the harms done by heroin (uh, 'medical diamorphine') and other opioids outstrip the few virtuous uses a hundredfold.

[0] Perhaps second to the so-called dark web, though that serves a discovery purpose which is a bit orthogonal (and complementary) to Wickr.

> But illegal drugs are helping a lot of Americans who would otherwise not have access to important medication

Or, instead of buying stretched medication that can kill you, buy from somewhere like Costplusdrugs.

Illegal drugs are a symptom, not a cure, of the healthcare system.

That's such a sad and completely avoidable situation.