Anybody read Pill City?

It is a dope book. Also pretty believable. Basically it's about people who (after the Baltimore riots) switched to the darknet.

The book claims that use of darknet and encryption in the past few years has fueled not just the opiate epidemic but specifically the massive increase in violent crimes in many US cities.

I recommend it as a read for any one interested in this kind of stuff.


Comments


[4 Points] 1percentof1:

Violent crime is down and dropping in most cities.


[2 Points] DecryptedTruth:

Sounds good, will check it out. Cheers


[2 Points] agorathrow8080:

Lol. 1 cvs robbed yes im sure that caused all rhe problems the few bottles of percs they managed to get.

If im not mistaken, yet im lazy there was an article on how much eas actually taken, hint it wasnt much


[2 Points] AVBforPrez:

I started to read it and it's pure fiction. Cannot believe the guy passed it off as a real story.

If you want a similar story that's better written and far more engaging, read "American Pain" - it's about the two roided out guys who started the (as I understand it) end all be all pain pill mill in Florida back in the day.


[1 Points] ciphersexual:

David Simon (Wire creator) and Justin Fenton (Baltimore crime reporter) have been on a crusade to out the Pill City author as a fraud. Here's some discussion:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/author-of-book-claiming-teens-built-drug-empire-from

Just curious, did think of the book as journalism or as fiction?