the quantity of medication takers in England getting drugs on the darknet has dramatically increased in the previous five years as per the worldwide drugs review the darknet is a network of untraceable online activity and hidden websites obtaining drugs on the darknet is illegal and dangerous for your health in recent months the National Crime Agency the organization tasked with policing the darknet in the UK has helped shut down several large darknet marketplaces but there's been criticism that that approach actually leads to more people being blackmailed the global drugs survey annually collects data from drug users it surveyed 60,000 drug users from 20 countries about obtaining drugs on the darknet according to its data the number of drug users in England obtaining drugs on the darknet has gone up from 12 point 4 percent to nearly 28.6% in the past five years this is not a nationally representative sample England is the second highest purchaser of drugs on the darknet