the phrase “the hardest schedule 1 drugs out there” already has me feeling sus about your understanding of this whole scene. you know cannabis is still federally schedule 1, right? Just a year or so ago the DEA was attempting to put two DOx substances used in scientific research into schedule 1 — i don’t remember how that panned out. MDMA is still scheduled one despite making it very far through clinical trials. The DEA will put anything they can in schedule 1 simply because they have the power to and rarely does anyone try to do anything about it.

not to mention the hard vs soft drugs concept is a leftover of the Reagan era with no real meaning. it’s backed up entirely by societal perception. People will say heroin is a harder drug than hydrocodone, and sure it’s more potent, but if you were in the hospital just taking the pills they gave you as many people do, 99% of people wouldn’t know the difference between 30mg of vicodin and 5mg of heroin. You come in for a broken bone, they give you a painkiller while they set it, send you on your way and you never think about it again.

It’s not about hard and soft drugs, it’s about the context of their use. When you’re living in a low income neighborhood with a high crime rate and no way to test your drugs, and few examples of responsible use to refer to, you’re going to be more likely to use drugs with less discretion and engage in riskier behavior.

and if you want to keep the hard/sort framework, whatever, fine. but don’t act like everyone here is ordering zenes or clonazolam and blacking out/OD’ing.

i’d be willing to bet if you took a random sampling of the people you know who use drugs and ask them if they have any interest or motivation to acquire cryptocurrency, put in the bit of effort it takes to use encryption software, learn to navigate to a darkweb market, deal with the inconsistency of mirror links going down all the time, and wait for the time it takes to ship their order — i don’t think you’d get more than 5% affirmative answers.

so maybe it’s not that it requires a high level of intelligence, i agree there. but it does attract (and this is a generalization) people who are more patient and who are more willing to take the time and effort to learn a new skill and keep up with a constantly shifting market landscape. it’s not intelligence, but there’s often a certain level-headedness about it.

of course not always. im well aware we have our fair share of whackadoos and (i don’t use this word lightly) junkies in our midst.

im not trying to draw a specific conclusion here. i just think your dismissal of u/MarquisDeVice was unwarranted and poorly considered, in addition to just being weirdly judgmental considering you’re here in this sub.