LEGAL HIGHS
The Hangover News
This weekend one of the first jail terms for selling NOS was handed down, a pig ran around Ipswich to 'make friends' and more.
Tabloid Scare Stories About Drugs Actually Make People Buy More Drugs
When the tabloids write horror stories about drugs such as mephedrone or laughing gas, searches for how to buy those drugs go through the roof.
Banning Everything That Gets People High Is a Terrible Idea
What, exactly, is so wrong with getting high in 2016?
How Legal Highs Changed During My 25 Years of Selling Them
An interview with the man who owned the UK's biggest legal high wholesale business.
Inmates Talk About Whether Synthetic Cannabis Is Fucking Everyone Up In Prisons
According to the Chief Inspector of Prisons, spice is having a "devastating impact" on inmates, so we asked them to tell us what they've seen.
New York Is Cracking Down on Synthetic Weed
On Tuesday, New York City's mayor signed three laws aimed at the worst drug in the world, and a new TV ad campaign discourages anyone from messing with it.
Spice Boys
In 'Spice Boys', VICE reporter Ben Ferguson travels to Manchester to meet some users who have become addicted to over-the-counter substances.
I Sell Legal Highs in the UK and Now My Business Is Fucked
Phil "Smokees" Staples spent years in and out of prison for robbery and drug dealing, before opening a chain of head shops. Now, half of his business is set to go down the pan.
A Look Inside the British Government's Legal Highs Lab
We spent a day at ground zero for the new front in the UK's war on drugs.
The Death Stats That the British Government's Using to Ban Legal Highs Are Total Bullshit
The government wants to blanket-ban legal highs after an influential Christian think tank pushed shonky stats about their death toll.
In Defence of Poppers: The Banned 'Gay Drug' That Everyone Loves to Ridicule
The government have banned a new spate of legal highs – including poppers, the beloved solvent that opens up you and your arsehole to new worlds of fun.
A Guide to Spice: The Drug That's Putting Kids in Hospital
Everything you need to know about "robot weed", the new nightmare drug.