Hello DNM, I was wondering if you guys might aid me in my University research?

Hello everyone, I hope this is the best way to broach the subject but in the text below is a summation of what I'm planning on doing for my dissertation.

My name is Julian and I'm doing an MA in Criminology at the University of Kent. For my final dissertation I have decided to do a piece of research on the motivations of drug users to buy drugs over the darknet. I am also interested in whether buying drugs on the darknet exposes users to more or less harm than buying from traditional drug markets. The anonymity and secret nature of the websites have an allure that really differentiate themselves from traditional drug buying methods. Are these websites more ethical, safer, informative and effective way of buying such substances? I would really like to interview some people who use the darknet to buy drugs. In order to do this confidentially and anonymously I would like to conduct the interviews via the personal messaging service within this sub-reddit and hope to approach a few members who are a part of this community.

Once the project is completed at a set date, all the data compiled will be destroyed. The information collected will be password protected and any data provided will not be passed onto any third parties. You will have the right to withdraw at any time should you wish to. You can also contact me if you wish to find out more about my findings or whether you have any other concerns or interest you'd like to share with me.

If you're interested in taking part in this research project please respond to me via personal messaging.

TL;DR

Just want to ask some participants a few questions about their experiences with the darknet and buying products (really, my focus is on the silkroad/agora market.).


Comments


[12 Points] AndThenHeSays4:

When did you join the DEA nigga?


[7 Points] KimJongUntouchable:

When Dr. Monica Barratt did a study back in 2013 on /r/Silkroad she proved her identity and affiliations.
I can't find you on the U Kent site. Who are you and can you prove it?


[2 Points] jtemps92:

Go on then, shoot me a PM


[1 Points] HofmannsHeir:

I'll bite, shoot me a pm


[1 Points] guqin:

Same, hit me up


[1 Points] Theeconomist1:

I can't guarantee I'll answer every question you have, but if they are appropriate, I don't mind helping.


[1 Points] boredraw:

I would help too if you have a set of questions?


[1 Points] DareToHope:

I'll answer whatever I can.


[1 Points] ashyacne:

Probably don't have the most info but I'm definitely available to answer some questions


[1 Points] totallyrekt:

Ok shoot me a pm


[1 Points] SBotwin:

PM me


[1 Points] None:

Haha you people are fools.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] None:

Interested


[1 Points] zebraball5:

Feel free to send me a message.


[0 Points] fnnuts:

I don't mean to sound like an asshole but... A better criminology study would be on the society at large that supports draconian drug policies that destroy more lives than they can ever claim to save or protect. And cost more money to incarcerate than it would be to provide drug treatment for the fraction of those who are addicts? Please study casual/recreational use versus addiction. Please study the system that applies violence to control what substances adults choose to consume? How about the sociopaths that profit from the enforcement and asset forfeiture? These are the real criminals that deserve to be studied and exposed. Please turn your focus outward at the sick and twisted society that can tolerate such grotesque injustice.


[-2 Points] None:

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