Cocaine
From Bank Robber to One of Mexico City's Most Notorious Drug Dealers: The Story of El Tío
"Robbing banks was lucrative, but selling drugs is way less dangerous."
Meeting the Drug-Addicted Male Escorts Pressured to Take Mephedrone and GHB at Chemsex Parties
We talked to some British male escorts about the popularity of GHB, mephedrone and crystal meth at gay sex parties, and how they're expected to take these drugs as part of their jobs.
How What You Believe Affects What You're Like When You're High
For decades, connoisseurs of psychedelics have said that "set and setting"—your state of mind and your environment—influence how you experience drugs. And they're right.
Everything We Know About the Mexican Drug Lord Who Escaped from Prison This Weekend
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as "El Chapo," surpassed Pablo Escobar as the most successful drug kingpin of all time years ago. This weekend, he pulled off his second elaborate escape from prison.
The Branded Cocaine Bags of Mexico's Most Brutal Drug Gang
I collected the baggies while buying coke from the notorious Los Zetas cartel, in the town of Torreón.
Here's Everything a Drug Dealer Will Say to You
All the way from the first time you meet, through to the endless daily texts.
Watch the Ten Best VICE Documentaries About Drugs
Here are some of our favorite videos about weed kingpins, stoned kids, heroin holidays, and dangerous new drugs.
London Has More Cocaine in Its Sewers Than Anywhere Else in Europe
You go through your life, expelling with wild abandon into toilets, never thinking the trace amount of metabolites in your droppings might be collected by a central European drugs agency to make an 83-page report about substance abuse.
The Twisted Legacy of Colombia's Aerial Cocaine Crop Spraying Programme
Over the last 21 years, the secretive and controversial US-backed drug war effort dumped weaponised herbicide on 4.3 million acres of land.
This Is What One of Colombia's DIY Cocaine Making Classes Is Actually Like
Playing Ludo and cooking coke in the Colombian town of San Augustin.
What It's Like to Deal Drugs in Australia's Capital City
"Now I'm finding more public servants are buying than ever before. Maybe it's because of the amount of money they make."
Sex, Drugs and Luxury: The Life of a Hotel Bellboy
There's a lot more to being a bellboy than lugging people's bags up flights of stairs.