[dmschulman]

Wow, Gwern from gwern.net is implicated in this. No idea he moderates that subreddit.

It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out considering Gwern has a few essays on self-experimentation with drugs and discloses they were purchased from Darknet vendors. Despite the articles pertaining to illicit substances the experiments in question were exceedingly academic (like much of Gwern's writings).

[jrockway]

The feds don't have that good of a case against Gwern, if they even wanted to prosecute him for simple possession. He could be writing fiction, for all they know; to convict him in court, they'd have to prove that he possesses illegal substances, which he has presumably consumed by now.

I'm not a lawyer but I don't foresee much prison time in Gwern's future. There are bigger fish to fry.

[rudolf0]

I suspect they were just interested in interrogating Gwern for what he knew about some of the market operators and various schemes related to them.

It's possible they might've planned to use some of his drug purchases and position in the community as leverage to get him to talk, but I strongly doubt they're interested in prosecuting him.