It’s like Amazon for hard drugs: cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, paid for with credit cards and e-transfers, delivered by Canada Post. John demonstrates for the CBC's Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco, right, how easy it is to purchase illegal drugs on the open internet. The Canada Post Corporation Act gives Canada Post the authority to inspect mail, other than letters, it suspects of containing illegal items including drugs. In 2024, Canada Post removed 5,662 illegal items from a total 240 million parcels. During the course of our investigation, the same sites selling illegal drugs on the open internet continued to pop up under different web addresses.

Source: CBC News January 06, 2026 16:37 UTC