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mexico city

Inside the Mexico City Market That Serves Lion Steak and Tiger Burgers

In the heart of Mexico City’s historic enter, the indoor San Juan market is famed for its selection of exotic meats, indigenous delicacies, and rare foreign imports. But who exactly is buying lion?
Duncan Tucker
2.19.18
Premieres

Sacred Leather Bring Vintage Heavy Metal Thunder on 'Ultimate Force'

Stream the Indianapolis leather warriors' soaring new spirit-of-1983 joint via Cruz Del Sur.
Cody Davis
2.19.18
mental health

Ketamine Saved My Life. Now NZ’s Only Treatment Clinic is Shutting Down

The only health board offering Ketamine to treat depression is closing the trial down. Jemima Lomax-Sawyers, who was a member of the trial, writes why that news is terrifying for patients.
Jemima Lomax-Sawyers
2.19.18
Zealandia

Highlights From Our 'Syn City' Preview Screening

Here’s what addicts, survivors and drug policy experts have to say about NZ's synthetic drugs crisis.
VICE Staff
2.19.18
Zealandia

"Harder Than Heroin": Synthetic Cannabinoids in New Zealand

As Kiwis continue to die, addicts like Tammara struggle to access the help they need.
James Borrowdale
2.19.18
gun violence

'Inspiring and Heartbreaking': The Rise of Support Groups for Shooting Survivors

In recent years, a number of networks for shooting survivors have popped up across the country to provide support for other survivors and call for an end to gun violence.
Kimberly Lawson
2.19.18
Zealandia

WATCH: 'Syn City', New Zealand's Deadly Synthetic Drugs Epidemic​

Inside the lives of West Aucklanders affected by the addictive and dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drug known as synnies.
VICE Staff
2.19.18
Zealandia
18:22

Synthetics: The Drug Killing New Zealanders

Inside the lives of West Aucklanders affected by the highly addictive and gravely dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drug known as “synnies”.
Cheese

WTF Happened to Government Cheese?

Does anyone remember that cheap dairy by-product that stunk up American kitchens from the late 70s to the early 90s with the stench of stinky gym socks?
Myles Karp
2.19.18
open thread

When a Game Becomes a Troubling Psychological Self-Portrait

Or, How My Girlfriend Turned 'Stardew Valley' into Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'.
Rob Zacny
2.19.18
PUA

New 'Pick-Up Artist' Video Game Teaches Men How to Be Creeps

'Super Seducer' teaches men that women are NPCs they can win by playing a game.
Emanuel Maiberg
2.19.18
Internet Insecurity

Flight Simulator Add-On Tried to Catch Pirates By Installing Password-Stealing Malware on Their Computers

Malware included in the installer for pirated versions of the game steals usernames and passwords from Chrome: 'This is by far one of the most extreme, and bizarre, methods of DRM we've ever seen.'
Joseph Cox
2.19.18
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