There were many other items and services sold on Silk Road, it wasn’t just drugs.
According to wikipedia [1], 70% of the products sold on silk road were drugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace). wikipedia uses as reference https://web.archive.org/web/20160407165324/http://gawker.com... and https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012106/http://www.thegua...
plus, at least ebay, amazon, big tech comply or at least sometimes comply with the law banning some products which can't be sold or advertised
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According to wikipedia [1], 70% of the products sold on silk road were drugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace). wikipedia uses as reference https://web.archive.org/web/20160407165324/http://gawker.com... and https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012106/http://www.thegua...
plus, at least ebay, amazon, big tech comply or at least sometimes comply with the law banning some products which can't be sold or advertised