Max Daly
I Use LSD to Help Me Deal with the Trauma of Being Kidnapped by My Dad
When Nara flew to Iraq from London for her grandmother's funeral, she found her grandmother very much alive and her father furious at her for becoming "too Westernized."
British Police Officers Reveal What They Really Think About the War on Drugs
"Sometimes I think we're like those Japanese soldiers in WWII—the ones on the island who just kept fighting because they didn't know the war was over."
Are You Supporting Violence When You Buy Drugs?
Some critics say users are responsible for the narco-war and the toxic pollution of the world's rainforests, but the forces creating these situations are actually at a much higher level.
How Majority Muslim Countries Are Handling HIV Infections
In most parts of the world, HIV infections and deaths from AIDS have been falling, but in Muslim-majority regions, new HIV infections have been on the rise since 2001.
The South African Sex Workers Fighting Abusive Police
In South Africa, assaults are rarely reported to the authorities because sex workers know if they ask for help they will be ignored or even punished, especially if the perpetrators are police officers.
Why Do the British Love Ketamine So Much?
Most American recreational drug users turn up their noses at the drug known as special k, but in the UK, it's become fully integrated into the country's party scene.
Watching the Death of the UK’s Synthetic Drug Industry with One of Its Last Distributors
An interview with the man who owned the UK's biggest legal high wholesale business.
Britain's Synthetic Weed Problem Is Only Getting Worse
Days after a study suggested synthetic cannabis can be as physically addictive as heroin, we met some users who are stuck in the throes of addiction.
How Amazonian Tree Frog Poison Became the Latest Treatment for Addiction
The use of kambo—the poison of a bright green frog—is on the rise as an alternative treatment for depression and drug dependency. But does it actually work?
How I Came to Terms with My Dad’s Lies, Charm, and Heroin Habit
Meet filmmaker Phillip Wood, who turned his lens onto his father to patch up their broken relationship and understand substance abuse disorders.
How Governments Have Used the War on Drugs to Oppress Their Enemies
Last week, it was revealed Richard Nixon launched his war on drugs to target people he didn't like—but he's not the only one to use narcotics as a hammer to beat his enemies.
Exclusive: New Conviction Data Tells Us How the UK Sells Drugs
Stats obtained through a Freedom of Information request show who sells what and where.