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When I first discovered the Silk Road, I couldn't believe it was real. People were buying illegal drugs anonymously through global marketplaces similar to eBay and Amazon. It was a brazen challenge to drug prohibition. Silk Road was the first drug “crypto market.” After he was shut down by the FBI in 2013, many similar marketplaces sprang up. There are currently over 20 crypto marketplaces selling illegal drugs, and over 55 if you include single-vendor marketplaces. On Tuesday, the International Drug Policy Journal published its first special issue on drug crypto markets, which we guest edited. All papers are open…