Woman sues Amazon over daughter's suicide by cyanide

Story via NBC

"Despite having a policy and procedure of prohibiting through its website offers and sales of prohibited items, illegal products and banned hazardous substances in the United States, including but not limited to cyanide products, Amazon failed to enforce that policy and procedure," said the lawsuit.

Amazon did start preventing the sale of cyanide on Feb. 2, 2013, but by then it was too late. The lawsuit said 51 other people purchased cyanide on Amazon before Singh, resulting in the deaths of 11 purchasers "within weeks of sale."

In similar news last year, otherwise censorship resistant domain registrar EasyDNS took the step of pulling the domain of an unlicensed pharmacy after someone died from an overdose.

EasyDNS said that contrary to their resistance to pull content without a court order from the request for the PIPCU:

So in one case we have people allegedly pirating Honey Boo Boo reruns and on the other we have people dying. We don't know where exactly, but the line goes somewhere in between there.

That said, Brian Krebs' Spam Nation book features a great analysis of the unlicensed pharmacy world, including how major pharmacies refused to fund purity studies into these services because they know they will show 99.9% of the content is indistinguishable from expensive legal alternatives.

Now we know markets like Agora banned poisons and that there have been poison-specific law enforcement action, I'm not sure what markets still allow their listing.

What's clear to me is that there's a strong consensus here from law enforcement, intermediaries, ecommerce and darknet markets as a whole. Don't sell poisons online and don't kill your customers!


Comments


[80 Points] noonehear:

I accidentally cut myself with a knife purchased off Amazon. I was not trying to off myself. I shall now sue Amazon.


[24 Points] RetnuhLebos:

Someone is shadow banned in here just letting that person know


[15 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

She should sue her daughter's estate. her daughter purchased cyanide and killed her daughter.

Amazon didn't put poison in any drinks.


[6 Points] hdheuud:

Is spam nation worth the read?


[6 Points] Ziiner:

There was similar story about a teen who died from an overdose of caffeine powder. His parents sued Amazon, and they asked for $25,000 in damages. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that one teaspoon of the power is equivalent to 25 cups of coffee. The product was clearly labeled as dangerous in large doses, and had adequate dosing information. The kid that died didn't even buy the powder directly from Amazon. He bought it from a kid at school, who bought it from Amazon.


[5 Points] dewbiestep:

Maybe she should have spent more time with her daughter & tried more to reach her. Rather than blame amazon.


[4 Points] limbsincluded:

i remember cyanide as i was taught (im half asian) by the ethnic side of my family that their soldiers used to wear it around their neck, so if they were caught by enemies they would swallow it before questioning. i believe it should be legal(?) on sites like agora; they promote the human mind controlling the human body, so why are they shaky when death is involved?


[4 Points] None:

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[2 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

I'm sure fentanyl can kill in smaller quantities than cyanide. Agora allowed its sale.


[2 Points] None:

whos a good cyanide vendor?


[1 Points] Moridakkubokka:

God knows how many people died of overdose or false drugs over the years from the DNMs.

Wouldn't worry too much about poisons.


[1 Points] Inloveconfusedthrow:

So obviously this sorta thing isn't too discussed on this sub and I know the whole anti suicide message n such by heart by now lol,

But how does someone just go about getting cyanide off the clearnets like that,

for that matter there aren't any markets that do trade in non bunk cyanide is there?


[1 Points] DorkNetMarkets:

One time when I was depressed I committed suicide with cyanide 0/10 would not recommend


[-1 Points] None:

I like this post and all but still kind of upset you never responded to my messages brah


[-1 Points] limbsincluded:

i remember cyanide as i was taught (im half asian) by the ethnic side of my family that their soldiers used to wear it around their neck, so if they were caught by enemies they would swallow it before questioning. i believe it should be legal(?) on sites like agora; they promote the human mind controlling the human body, so why are they shaky when death is involved?


[-4 Points] octomarvel:

Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide. Suicide by cyanide.

=)