PMID- 24372954
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150618
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1360-0443 (Electronic)
IS  - 0965-2140 (Linking)
VI  - 109
IP  - 5
DP  - 2014 May
TI  - Use of Silk Road, the online drug marketplace, in the United Kingdom, Australia 
      and the United States.
PG  - 774-83
LID - 10.1111/add.12470 [doi]
AB  - AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of awareness of the online illicit drug 
      marketplace Silk Road (SR), consumption of drugs purchased from SR and reasons 
      for use and non-use of SR. DESIGN AND SETTING: Global Drug Survey: purposive 
      sample collected in late 2012. PARTICIPANTS: The base sample (n = 9470) reported 
      recent drug purchase and resided in the United Kingdom (n = 4315, median age 24, 
      76% male), Australia (n = 2761, median age 32, 76% male) or the United States (n 
      = 2394, median age 21, 80% male). MEASUREMENTS: Online questionnaire. FINDINGS: A 
      total of 65% of US, 53% of Australian and 40% of UK respondents had heard of SR; 
      18% of US, 10% of UK and 7% of Australian respondents had consumed drugs 
      purchased through SR. Across the three countries, 
      3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) was the most commonly purchased 
      drug (53-60%), followed by cannabis (34-51%), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) 
      (29-45%) and the 2C family (16%-27%). The most common reasons for purchasing from 
      SR were wider range (75-89%), better quality (72-77%), greater convenience 
      (67-69%) and the use of vendor rating systems (60-65%). The most common reasons 
      for avoiding SR purchase were adequate drug access (63-68%) and fear of being 
      caught (41-53%). Logistic regressions found that, compared with people from the 
      UK, Australians [odds ratio (OR) = 3.37; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.29, 
      4.97) and Americans (OR = 1.46; 95% CI = 1.10, 1.94) were more likely to use SR 
      due to lower prices; and to avoid SR purchase due to fear of being caught 
      (Australia: OR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.39, 1.96; USA: OR = 1.62; 95% CI = 1.37, 1.92). 
      CONCLUSIONS: While reasons for Silk Road use accord with broader online commerce 
      trends (range, quality, convenience, ratings), its appeal to drug purchasers is 
      moderated by country-specific deterrents and market characteristics.
CI  - (c) 2013 Society for the Study of Addiction.
FAU - Barratt, Monica J
AU  - Barratt MJ
AD  - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Fitzroy, Victoria, 
      Australia.
FAU - Ferris, Jason A
AU  - Ferris JA
FAU - Winstock, Adam R
AU  - Winstock AR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140212
PL  - England
TA  - Addiction
JT  - Addiction (Abingdon, England)
JID - 9304118
RN  - 0 (Illicit Drugs)
RN  - 8NA5SWF92O (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
CIN - Addiction. 2014 May;109(5):784-5. PMID: 24720826
MH  - Adult
MH  - Australia
MH  - Cannabis
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - Drug Trafficking/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Illicit Drugs
MH  - Internet/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
MH  - Male
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
MH  - United Kingdom
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cryptomarket
OT  - Silk Road
OT  - drug market
OT  - internet
OT  - new drug trends
OT  - online marketplace
EDAT- 2014/01/01 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/19 06:00
CRDT- 2013/12/31 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/12/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/12/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/01/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/add.12470 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Addiction. 2014 May;109(5):774-83. doi: 10.1111/add.12470. Epub 2014 Feb 12.