The recovery of online drug markets following law enforcement and other disruptions

Highlights • Scams and law enforcement disrupt cryptomarkets selling drugs on the dark net. • Despite disruptions, cryptomarket vendors increased at a constant rate over three years. • Disruptions to cryptomarkets to date appear to have only short-term effects.

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2017-04, Vol.173, p.159-162
Main Authors: Van Buskirk, Joe, Bruno, Raimondo, Dobbins, Timothy, Breen, Courtney, Burns, Lucinda, Naicker, Sundresan, Roxburgh, Amanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commerce - legislation & jurisprudence
Commerce - trends
Cryptomarkets
Darknet
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising - legislation & jurisprudence
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising - trends
Disruption
Drug and Narcotic Control - legislation & jurisprudence
Drug and Narcotic Control - trends
Drug trafficking
Drug Trafficking - legislation & jurisprudence
Drug Trafficking - trends
Economic conditions
Electronic commerce
Enforcement
Evolution
Humans
Illicit drug trade
International law
Internationality - legislation & jurisprudence
Internet
Internet - legislation & jurisprudence
Internet - trends
Law Enforcement
Markets
New drug markets
Online drug markets
Pharmaceutical Services, Online - legislation & jurisprudence
Pharmaceutical Services, Online - trends
Psychiatry
Recovery
Recovery (Medical)
Regression Analysis
Statistics as Topic
Time series
Trading
Vendors
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Summary:Highlights • Scams and law enforcement disrupt cryptomarkets selling drugs on the dark net. • Despite disruptions, cryptomarket vendors increased at a constant rate over three years. • Disruptions to cryptomarkets to date appear to have only short-term effects.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.004