Max Daly
Synthetic Drugs Will Change the Global Drug Trade Forever
Drug traffickers thrive on their ability to penetrate national borders, but a new era of toxic, man-made highs could dissolve those boundaries and transform the global drug trade.
VICE's Max Daly Won the Orwell Prize for His Drugs Reporting
Read some of Max Daly's prize-winning work right here.
Two New Reports Have Revealed Just How Bad Britain's Prison Drug Problem Has Got
The government has described the synthetic weed Spice as "the most serious threat to the safety and security of the prison system," and it's not wrong.
The Heroin Addicts Who Steal from Supermarkets to Fund Their Use
Every couple of weeks in the UK there are reports of heroin users appearing in court to face shoplifting charges. I hung out with a couple of them to see what their world is like.
The Inside Story of How the UK's Big City Drug Gangs Are Taking Over the Rest of the Country
More and more, city gangs are sending young runners out into the sticks to sell crack and heroin. We spoke to dealers, sex workers, and police to get a better understanding of how the whole process works.
I Spent a Summer Undercover to Find Out How Magaluf Became the UK's Favourite Hedonistic Holiday Spot
We spoke to ethnographer and criminologist Daniel Briggs about the resort's evolution from a family-friendly destination to somewhere full of cocaine-selling party reps and bar crawl blowjob challenges.
The Drug Users Taking Advantage of the UK's New Lenient Policing Policies
Two British police forces have started referring people caught with a personal amount of drugs to educational workshops rather than sending them to court.
Some Police in the UK Have Stopped Arresting Drug Users
For several months, police units in the UK have been operating "diversion" schemes which have resulted in scores of drug users avoiding court, jail, and a criminal record.
No, Your Drug Use Is Not Funding Terrorism
We often hear about "Jihadists flooding the west with heroin," or "ISIS making billions through drug trafficking"—but we rarely see much actual evidence.
Meeting the UK's Top Pagan Police Officer
Andy Pardy is the founder of the Police Pagan Association, which has essentially become an occult investigation team, investigating ritualistic displays and horse maimings.
What Today's New Drug Death Statistics Tell Us About Britain's Hard Drug Use
The number of heroin-related deaths in England and Wales is the highest it's ever been, more than doubling in the last three years.
What the 1980s Glue Sniffing Epidemic Can Teach Us About Preventing Ecstasy Deaths
If authorities want to cut the amount of drug deaths in the UK, they need to start confronting the problem instead of running away from it.