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Re:Dark Web – Justice League by flatiron on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:43PM (#29913092)
I live in NJ where weed is legal but you can't buy it (legally) so we are sort of in a weird spot.

anyway, it makes me really not care about ordering weed on the dark web from CA. if the feds catch it, its an ounce of weed to a residence, they don't care and im not gonna go in front of some federal judge on federal drug crimes. if CA or NJ catch it, its legal there, who cares.

but the site I use uses an escrow system where if you don't get the product or if you aren't satisfied you can file a complaint. i've never used it as i always have gotten what i've ordered but it is pretty odd.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:46PM (#29913149)
> I live in NJ where weed is legal but you can't buy it (legally) so we are sort of in a weird spot.

Isn't there a service in Maine where you can pay psychics to find your lost weed and bring it back to you?

https://www.incredibles.me/your-first-order-what-you-need-to...

> If you have LOST your weed, please feel free to reach out to us! Your word is good enough for us. If you say you LOST IT, we will FIND IT, GUARANTEED or you pay nothing.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by dylan604 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:05PM (#29913373)
I love the creativity. Not sure how appreciative an old crusty judge would feel though
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by sparcpile on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:23PM (#29915570)
After medical and recreational weed was legalized, the lost weed company is not really needed. Their prices were pretty high and have stayed that way.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:56PM (#29915850)
Well, it sounds like there's still a need for their service in New Jersey...
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by JetAlone on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:09PM (#29915424)
"LOST" your weed.

L = Like,

O = Obfuscatedly

S = Sell Me

T = The Weed

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by serverlessmom on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:26PM (#29915607)
This is great, reminds me of a memory trick for recalling string names on a guitar.

E- Every A- Acid D- Dealer G- Gets B- Busted E- Eventually

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by JetAlone on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:55PM (#29915840)
I don't know how to play guitar, but now that I know this mnemonic maybe I should learn!
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by msikora on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:24PM (#29913583)
Wow, this is amazing! Did they get into any legal troubles?
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by jokethrowaway on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:04PM (#29913363)
I used that and got my money back when a shipping didn't arrive.

Also the quality and honesty of the sellers on the quantity they're selling you is great. It's beautiful to see how the market and a reputation system can work wonders, even among strangers with anonymised identities.

The street experience equivalent is terrible. A friend of mine (who self medicated in one of the western totalitarian regimes who prohibit weed) got a bag of tea, tissues smelling like weed, he got a knife pulled on him, he got scammed in an elaborate plot which involved him keeping a bag of flour (supposedly coke) while the dealer supposedly went to get his weed for a 50, he had homeless dragging him to a gang of criminals under the pretence of buying weed. Eventually he found someone reliable, a middle aged father with a stable but low paying job and a family - but it's a miracle he's still alive.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by Acutulus on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:38PM (#29924720)
Oh my god. If anything I applaud his willingness to stay on the hunt :) Presumably this was in a larger city, as most of the places I have been have had ad hoc, safe and established distribution networks that weren't too difficult to break into after some time. This is in the US though and I can't quite tell what country you're referring to (though I could see someone referring to the US tongue-in-cheek that way)

I'd go even further to make a case that the market and its reputation system works similarly well for the aforementioned ground level networks, if you can find them. Read the room, be a desirable client and behave with everyone's interests in mind and you will likely never have an issue. Good business is good business regardless of whether it happens online or in person I suppose.

As an aside I often wonder to what degree the prevalence of onion markets over the past decade have impacted the availability of weed within these offline distribution networks. My anecdotal experience from my legal-weed-desert neck of the US has been a slow growth of offerings and inventory stability and a 20-40% reduction in prices. No idea how much of that is due to the online markets.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by int_19h on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:59PM (#29915349)
There's such a thing as federally legal THC these days, and it can be shipped straight to your mailbox:

https://moonwlkr.com/pages/moonwlkr-delta-8

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by colinmhayes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:36PM (#29915699)
I've tried this stuff. It's nasty, could not recommend less.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by int_19h on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:14PM (#29916380)
Do you mean taste-wise or in terms of effects? It definitely has a strong cannabis flavor, but so do most other edibles. In terms of effects, can't say I've noticed any difference from regular products here in WA.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by arpa on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:49AM (#29917931)
not everyone is crazy for indica, my dude. Some of us would love that good old sativa that doesn't bring out the bees in the teeth.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by sethammons on Thursday January 13, 2022 @08:43AM (#29920622)
> bees in the teeth

Google returns only your post for what idiom. What does it mean?

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by arpa on Thursday January 13, 2022 @09:05AM (#29920845)
half-assed reference to https://images.app.goo.gl/VMZSnawQ81nboSLx8, implying unpleasant stimulating effect.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by gime_tree_fiddy on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:56PM (#29913256)
I thought NJ legalized to the level of CA, where you can there are dispensaries and stuff, no?
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by rrdharan on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:13AM (#29917395)
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/marijuana/20...

> Under state law, that first day for adult sales at licensed dispensaries is supposed to come next month. The enabling marijuana legalization legislation signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy last year directs the CRC to begin adult use marijuana sales before Feb. 22, with 30-day notice beginning Jan. 23.

> But there's a catch. The CRC is yet to issue any licenses for recreational marijuana sales, so even if sales are approved as of Feb. 22, there won't be any dispensaries selling it.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by klodolph on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:00PM (#29913302)
It takes time from legalization to when businesses appear. Most states, it seems, at least a couple years.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by andrewxdiamond on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:10PM (#29913429)
That time delay is due to needing to spontaneously build an entire supply chain for weed in-state, as it can’t be moved across state borders. Farms, transportation, financing, retail space, zoning, regulations, and more.

Takes a long time for weed to make it to consumers, but it also creates a huge local industry since everyone has to work within the state, at least when dealing directly with the product.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by Cupertino95014 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:52PM (#29915309)
I can't speak for NJ, but in CA it's mostly local opposition that keeps pot stores out. It can be legal at the state level, but if the cities won't give you a permit to open a store, your choices are limited.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by BTCOG on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:17PM (#29914166)
Cannabis is still federally illegal, and sending it through the mail is on top of that a federal mail crime. Not too wise, though I'm not at all against using cannabis.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by angryGhost on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:46PM (#29913148)
if they seize any powder, they might come a knockin'!
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by dillondoyle on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:09PM (#29914061)
It would be pretty amazing for within the US USPS to not only search but find powdered drugs or pills. It's protected and they need a search warrant. Reasonable cause etc. Maybe if they already had an investigation on you and you were distributing.

Customs on the other hand...

Though if it's small volume they will often just send you a scary letter in the mail, especially if it's just sketchy looking pills. Or if the scammer is smart they'll just send you the letter and take your money ! Or at least that's what SWIM said from my wasted 20s. LMFAO I miss earlier internet sometimes

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by Acutulus on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:50PM (#29924903)
That's how it generally happens from what I understand. A local or isolated investigation is started and during the process they may uncover a reasonably high-level source of the product. Should they be lucky enough to get a warrant to scan an email server that has plaintext business contents, they might come across a trove of tracking numbers. From there the three letter agency will disseminate tips and intel to more local police forces and field offices and innumerable people start getting love letters, visits, surveillance.

I also recall hearing that the USPS tracking info page is quite complex under the hood and logs a lot of your device/connection information when you enter a tracking number. No idea how true this is, but it wouldn't surprise me at all and I hope people behave as if it is.

Agreed about the wasted 20's on the internet. No doubt I could have better spent my time. But there was some incredible and wild stuff going on out in the wires.

Re:Dark Web – Justice League by dillondoyle on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:03PM (#29942572)
Lol way too much internet for me too. But I was making a substance abuse joke lmfao.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by flatiron on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:52PM (#29913217)
i only do weed and just gummies for my anxiety and only buy enough that its obviously personal use and not some weed gummy empire i'm starting.
Re:Dark Web – Justice League by colinmhayes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:37PM (#29915715)
dark.fail for anyone looking