Max Daly
Global Drugs Editor
max.daly@vice.comMax Daly is Vice's Global Drugs Editor and specialises in reporting on drugs and crime. He won the Orwell Prize in 2019 for his work on young drug dealers and co-authored Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked on Drugs
Cannabis Farms Targeted by Police During Lockdown Crime Lull
Less crime and inquisitive neighbours have led to a flurry of busts on indoor cannabis factories.
Europe's Teenage Drug Use Hotspots Revealed By New Study
A study of 100,000 European school students paints a picture of teen drug use across the continent.
‘Monkey Dust’ and the Anatomy of a Tabloid Drug Scare Story
A damning new study examines the British media’s response to monkey dust, a drug that supposedly turned users into “zombies” with "superhuman" strength.
Austerity Has Opened the British High Street Up to Drug Gangs' Weed Farms
With an average of 16 shops closing every day, it's no surprise green-fingered gangsters are moving into shuttered banks and pet shops.
Second Largest Police Force to Stop Criminalising Drug Users
West Midlands joins four other police forces to offer help rather than a criminal record to some people caught with drugs
UK Cocaine Deaths Have Doubled in Four Years, According to New Data
The Office for National Statistics reports that poverty is the main driver of record fatal drug overdoses.
Duterte Labels Drug War Critics Malevolent Predators Who "Ooze Blood”
The President of the Philippines used his inaugural United Nations speech to lash out at human rights campaigners who are in the line of fire in the country's war on drugs
Facebook Spread the Myth That Touching Fentanyl Makes You Overdose, Study Finds
There are real-world consequences to misleading stories about the powerful opiate.
Global Drug Body Recommends 20 Ways to Improve the Cannabis Industry
A report from the International Drug Policy Consortium warns that legal markets have been captured by corporations and are not set up to redress harms brought on by the war on drugs.
Police Chiefs Have Backed Calls for Medicinal Cannabis Cards in the UK
The "Cancard", devised by campaigner Carly Barton, would effectively decriminalise possession for patients.
Police Routinely Use Drug Search Powers to 'Bully People', Says Former Chief Inspector
VICE News analysis shows police in the UK often use drugs as a pretext to stop and search people, despite three-quarters of these searches coming up empty.
The Drug Trade Can Help People In War Ravaged Countries, Says Report
The study shows that, while also destructive and dangerous, the drug trade can support entire regions and help to pay for local infrastructure.