Prison guards catch drug-smuggling cat in Costa Rica
Move over Pablo Escobar—there’s a new kingpin in town, and he’s covered in fur. In a shocking twist of tails and tails, prison guards recently intercepted a bold attempt to traffic narcotics into a correctional facility—not by drone, not by human mule, but by cat….
The World’s First Cocaine Bar: Route 36
VICE host Zach Shucklin goes in search of Route 36, the world’s only known ‘cocaine bar.’ Located in the mountains outside of the Bolivian capital La Paz, the notorious lounge bar promises high purity coke by the gram—served up on a silver platter, along with…
The Psychedelic So Potent It Obliterates Reality
Salvia is a psychedelic so potent that it will instantly melt your reality, dripping bits of your consciousness all over the floor like an ice cream on a hot day. It’s so intense that most people never take it again.
Chinese organized crime laundering money for Mexican drug cartels
Jacob Soboroff continues his investigation into the intersection of human trafficking and the marijuana black market in the United States. He talks to federal officials who say Chinese criminal organizations are operating in the U.S. and working with Mexican cartels in what the DEA says…
The Opioid Crisis is Expanding to China
Historically, China has had extraordinarily high rates of opiate dependence. These rates declined drastically following the 1949 revolution; however, opiate abuse has re-emerged in the late 1980’s and has spread quickly since then. https://youtu.be/7Kn77Z7EAOc
Mexican Cartels Are Worse Than You Think
Today we’re going to analyze one of the world’s most important partnerships that you probably never think about: Mexico and the United States. They share a nearly 2,000-mile border, which has led to the two nations having long-standing close trade, cultural, demographic ties. In 2018,…
Ketamine For Depression & Anxiety
Depression is one of the most common and most debilitating mental health disorders, affecting some 17 million adults in the US. It also continues to be a misunderstood, often hard-to-treat illness. Researchers have worked for decades to better understand the neurobiology underpinning depression. For patients…
The Geriatric Ravers Still Smashing Drugs
It’s commonly accepted that your 20s is the time to get completely off your nut before calming down and respecting yourself. But increasingly, it seems that British people have a different idea. Over 3.7 million over-45s go raving once a week in the UK, and…
Synthetic Toad Venom Machine: Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia New Season
Haunted by past mistakes, Hamilton embarks on a journey to correct an error in his reporting and identifies the origin of an international toad venom smoking phenomenon.
Flesh-eating bacteria linked to heroin kills 7 in California
A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in the San Diego area, prompting health authorities to alert law enforcement and other officials in California. Nine people who injected black tar…
