I've been thinking a bit recently about whether giving the DNMs more publicity is a good or a bad thing.
On the one hand the DNMs (mostly) offer far higher quality products compared to what will be found on the street which means less adulterants which means less damage to peoples health. One could easily think of the DNMs as a harm reduction tool when compared to its alternative.
But the other side of me thinks that for those who are young (read too young to really be using drugs) and don't already have a source this could be pushing them down a dangerous path.
What do you guys think?
There's two different questions being asked here imo, firstly should minors take drugs? No, clearly not. I think DNM users are actually more responsible in general than "street" users for lack of better term, and would pretty much all agree that minors shouldn't be taking drugs.
But alas, they do, and have done long before DNMs. Which brings us to the next question - how do DNMs effect the drug buying experience for a minor? Well, they don't have to meet drug dealers, which I'd say is a good thing. They're exposed to a marketplace full of other drugs though which I'd say is a bad thing - the same thing can happen with street dealers but tbh a lot of them only sell 1 drug. That's not true for DNMs. Secondly, well, there's actually a barrier to entry here in obtaining BTC. Now I know LocalBitcoins exists and I understand there's anonymous services for purchasing coins but in reality most exchanges require some form of verification (i.e. ID scans) and a cc to make a purchase.
Overall, I'd say it's probably easier for kids to score drugs without DNMs. The problem is once they gain access it could be like opening pandoras box.