synthetic drugs

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!

Inside the lives of West Aucklanders affected by the highly addictive and gravely dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drug known as “synnies”.

Hamilton Morris travels to New Zealand to meet the king pin of New Zealand’s legal highs crusading for his fading dream for future of drug control.

VICE correspondent Hamilton Morris tracks the chemicals comprising synthetic drugs back to the Chinese factories where many are made, and meets the godfather of modern synthetic drugs at his remote lab in New Zealand. Then, VICE follows the stories of hom