Cocaine
We Asked People How Drug Use Affected Their Relationships
Mixing drugs and romance can lead to startlingly different outcomes.
How Unethical Is Buying Cocaine?
Your baggy of white powder was brought to you by beheadings, torture, and deforestation in the Amazon. How bad should you feel about that?
What It's Like to Do Drugs in Your 40s
We spoke to some high-functioning drug users in their 40s about their vices and how drugs have affected their lives.
The Danger of Being a Sex Worker Whose Clients Are High
"I've played with someone's limp coke dick for an hour before. It sucked but... I needed the cash."
What Happens When a Bag of Cocaine Bursts in Your Stomach
Transporting illegal drugs across borders is a business that can be as profitable as it can be lethal, while it has gained popularity since the economic crisis began.
Immigrants Explain What Shocked Them Most About British Culture
"Why is everything so old-fashioned? Why do you still have gas stoves and why does everyone have baths without rinsing after?"
People Who Combine Coke and Alcohol Are More Likely to Kill Themselves
But you can't necessarily blame the drugs.
How Governments Have Used the War on Drugs to Oppress Their Enemies
Last week it was revealed Richard Nixon had 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 with.
Cocaine in the Tiramisu: What I Saw Working for a Restaurant Run by the Polish Mafia
Orgies, beatings, rape and shifty-eyed teenage boys in tracksuits – my time waitressing at the Yangtze was a big, fat cliché.
We Asked Drug Addicts How Much Their Habit Costs Them
The actual dollar cost of addiction for an individual can be catastrophic.
The Things My Drug-Addicted Father Gave Me
When I was a kid, my dad was a charming cowboy loved by his friends. But now the only thing left of that man is a bolo tie.