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He never handled any drugs himself, he acted as an intemediary.
There is no law which requires 'handling drugs personally'. Drug dealing comes in many forms and it is not a requirement to be guilty of drugs dealing - that one 'handle them personally'. What about the guy who stands on the corner dealing heroin but 'not handling it personally' because he uses a mental retard to hold the drug packages - does he get off too? Where did you get the idea that just so one doesn't handle them personally - they are innocent? This is the dumbest idea ever.
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He did handle some drugs personally. He was one of the first sellers, if not the first seller because he sold magic mushrooms when the Silk Road started. They are not the most serious category of drug but they are illegal in most countries. He admitted to selling magic mushrooms and cultivating them himself, and also his Ebay technician friend who helped him code the Silk Road claimed Ross gave him some mushrooms that he admitted cultivating himself.