Interestingly enough, the darknet may alleviate some of the dealer effects (and others not mentioned). - Prices are 70% lower (although I believe the consumer-

Interestingly enough, the darknet may alleviate some of the dealer effects (and others not mentioned). - Prices are 70% lower (although I believe the consumer-to-dealer mechanism is limited to very few drugs – you could be the world's #1 consumer of LSD for less than the price of cable) - Reviews and shared tests create incentives for dealers to improve their products. I think Vice had an article about MDMA nowadays being 90%+ pure - (not mentioned) Using the net and the post office as the only points of contact, drug consumers no longer get into contact with the "underworld". I have no idea how prominent this effect was in the past, but I could imagine that some criminal activity and relationships started from dealer<->consumer relationships.