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Increase in teens using cryptocurrency to buy drugs

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A growing number of Australian teenagers are turning to the dark web to buy illicit drugs using cryptocurrency.


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By Lydia Feng

Source: SBS


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A growing number of Australian teenagers are turning to the dark web to buy illicit drugs using cryptocurrency.



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