cocaine industry
Colombia Failed These Coca Farmers. Now They're Turning Back To The Cartels
“There isn’t much coca left in this area, but if the state doesn’t do what it promised, this place will be full of coca again.”
Why Is White Boy Rick Still Serving Life in Prison?
Rick Wershe is a former drug dealer and police informant who was convicted in 1988, at the age of 17, of possessing 17 pounds of cocaine. Now 46 and a father of three, Wershe is the only inmate in Michigan behind bars who was sentenced to life as a...
Cooking with Cocaine
VICE News traveled to Medellin to meet gang members—along with top cartel leaders and assassins—who revealed the inner workings of the city's modern-day cocaine industry.
Advertisement