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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Euthanasia advocate rues Silk Road shutdown

Prominent Australian right-to-die campaigner Philip Nitschke says the shutdown of black market website Silk Road will have a devastating impact on people who use it to obtain euthanasia drugs, writes Ben Grubb.

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