Drugs

How did the street gang MS-13 become the deadliest gang in Central America, virtually taking over entire cities? How do they actually fit into the global narco-trade?

New Zealand is overrun with meth and new synthetic drugs – sold by fierce biker gangs. But, this is how one psychedelic rockstar almost managed to end their War on Drugs!

The Syrian government have become some of the world’s biggest amphetamine dealers – flooding the Middle East with the drug Captagon to finance their war machine.

India’s northernmost state Himachal Pradesh is in the grips of a heroin crisis, as collateral damage of border state Punjab’s War on Drugs against the alleged Pakistan funded Narco Terrorism.

Meet Rahul Jadhav. Today, he is known as an ultramarathon runner all over India. But this was not the case just a few years ago. Rahul used to be a gang member, a gunrunner, and a money launderer. This is his story of finding redemption and himself.

Vanessa Lavorato is in her home kitchen in San Francisco making THC infused cheese crackers.

VICE looks at the impact COVID-19 has had on treatment and recovery for substance use disorders across the US.

Taylor Nicole Dean is the queen of PetTube, a YouTube niche for people who have dozens of pets. After disappearing for months, she explains how heroin took over her life.

We meet two Swedish drug users who have escaped Sweden's zero-tolerance policy and instead live on the streets of Copenhagen.

The UK is experiencing a psychedelic renaissance.To find out why, we go on a cosmic journey to a shamanic magic mushroom ceremony and meet a man who never stopped tripping.

VICE heads to Michigan to see how the opioid epidemic has hurt Dearborn’s Muslim community.

British people statistically take more MDMA in one session than any other country on the planet. And not just a little bit more: on average, Brits take 420 milligrams per session.