By Connor Boyd For Mailonline
Published: 12:32 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 16 May 2019
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England purchased more drugs on the dark web than any other country in the world except Finland, figures show.
More than one in four recreational drug users admitted ordering substances on the encrypted network in the last 12 months.
It marks a four per cent jump in dark web purchases compared with 2018, according to the study looking at more than 120,000 substance-users worldwide.
The most popular drugs ordered on the dark net were MDMA, LSD and cannabis, followed by amphetamines such as speed and ADHD medication Adderall.
More than one in four recreational drug users purchased substances on the dark web in the last year, according to figures from a global survey looking at more than 120,000 people
Although less common, large increases were seen in the purchase of psychedelic drugs including DMT, ketamine and 2-CB over the last five years, the Global Drug Survey found.
England came only second to Finland, where almost half - 45.2 per cent - of the drug-using population said they'd bought illegal substances from the dark web.
Elsewhere, the number of purchases on the dark web plummeted from 18.1 per cent to 11.9 per cent in the US - following a crackdown on online drug
