Nobody has to buy drugs at gunpoint if they buy them over the internet.
Silk Road substantially reduced the risk of harm and substance abuse during its time online. For more information regarding this issue please follow the link provided.
“The findings by the academics and researchers, who have studied the Silk Road web site (and other on-line drug marketplaces) and subjected it to rigorous and accepted social science research protocols, demonstrate that the Silk Road web site in many respects represented a far safer environment for drug purchasing and even use, and constituted a more evolved, better- informed drug-using community than any previously observed in the “street” Case or elsewhere. The Silk Road web site provided features, including physician counseling, ratings of vendors, and improved accountability and transparency, as well, conversely, an anonymous forum in which drug users and abusers could be candid about their drug use and abuse, and seek advice not only about drug use, but also about drug safety, use reduction, and even ceasing such activity altogether.” - Joshua L. Dratel for Ross Ulbricht Harm Reduction Testimony.