Man charged with running Forest Floor DC website to sell narcotics

Selling psilocybin and DMT is not “just weed,” and it’s not some cute little tech hustle. Federal prosecutors say this guy was running a website, Forest Floor DC, to move hallucinogens, ecstasy, and marijuana right near Catholic University. That detail matters. A neighborhood with students isn’t a marketing opportunity. It’s a target.

We’ve spent years watching Washington, D.C. flirt with the idea that drugs are basically a lifestyle choice and enforcement is the real problem. Then everyone acts shocked when a neat little online storefront pops up and makes it easier to buy harder stuff. This is what “soft” enforcement turns into: hard drugs sold like takeout. You don’t get to normalize the pipeline and pretend you’re only blessing the first step.

Good on prosecutors for bringing charges. Now do the unglamorous part and keep doing it. Shut down the site, trace the supply, and make sure it’s not just one guy with a clever URL. If you can build a website to sell drugs, you can build a case to stop it. And if city leaders want fewer overdoses and fewer kids getting pulled into this mess, they can start by treating it like the crime it is, not a trend they can manage with slogans.