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		feydr on Dec 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: my weekend project, understanding the Sil... it's a total shame people have to resort to markets like this -- let's have a bar chart comparing the number of murders in a war sponsored by the US to the number of overdoses from drugs

adgar on Dec 4, 2011 [–]

Are you serious? Extremely few people "resort to this." The Silk Road is absolutely miniscule compared to the overall drug market.

I'm willing to bet that if I asked every person in my 5-floor walkup, I'd come out with a list of dealers comparable in size to the silk road.

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