Throwaway time! Though I myself have never purchased anything from Silk Road, I knew a group of (rich, suburban) kids who purchased drugs (and other stuff, lik

Throwaway time! Though I myself have never purchased anything from Silk Road, I knew a group of (rich, suburban) kids who purchased drugs (and other stuff, like fake IDs) off of Silk Road and Black Market Reloaded, another illegal Tor marketplace. From what I understand shipments were hidden, and very hard to detect. For example, if a number of pills we're being shipped, they'd be sowed into the lining of a purse, or hidden in the battery compartment of a cheap calculator. That item would then be shipped like a normal item, usually through USPS. Though the government has certain ways to detect certain drugs in the mail (cocaine and pot are easy to detect, where as LSD or Class Two pills are almost impossible), most of its efforts are focused on international mail and keeping drugs from being smuggled into the country. As domestic detection was almost unheard of (unless the police were specifically tipped off) most people would only purchase from sellers in the US.