Cocaine
Why Doesn’t Anyone Produce Cocaine in Australia?
With an average gram costing €180, it's not like there's a lack of demand.
The Drug Lessons They Should Have Taught You at School
Some advice that would have been more useful than: "You will die if you do drugs."
Once and for All, Marijuana Is Not a Gateway Drug
According to many studies, weed seems more like a filter that keep people away from stronger drugs than a stepping stone into life-destroying addiction.
That Mexican Cocaine Challenge Was a Great Big Hoax
There is no trend of young, rich women snorting a line of cocaine and then challenging their friends to do the same. The whole thing was a WhatsApp joke that is now ruining a girl's life.
Teenagers Describe How They Killed People
In this excerpt from the VICE documentary about narcos in South America, host Monica Villamizar meets three young hitmen to talk about the murder business.
What It's Like Being a Female Cocaine Boss
An interview with Raquel Santos de Oliveira, who took over her boyfriend's drug business after he was killed in a police shoot-out, before developing a debilitating coke problem and getting out of the game.
Everything You Need to Know About the Cocaine 'Cut' That Supposedly Rots Your Skin
Levamisole, a common cutting agent in cocaine, made the news recently for its apparent skin-destroying properties – but there's a lot more to the substance than that.
How Pablo Escobar's Legacy of Violence Drives Today's Cartel Wars - Part 1
In part one of our three-part documentary, we meet two DEA agents who spent years on the trail of the elusive king of cocaine and became the basis for Netflix's show, 'Narcos.'
I Walked Around a Music Festival Asking to Test People's Drugs
Some pills were relatively pure, but other samples were duds or cut with dangerous chemicals.
What It Feels Like to Smuggle 700 Grams of Cocaine In Your Stomach
I spoke to my cousin about her time as a drug mule, even though she didn't get why I found it so interesting.