Drugs

The wild story of how the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah became major players in the global cocaine trade – and how the DEA and CIA fought each other to catch them.

Host, Jamie Clifton, looks at some of the chaos caused by recreational drug prohibition.

Drug cartels are more innovative than most legitimate companies. From narco-submarines to sex toys, we look at the most inventive ways cartels have smuggled drugs.

Fentanyl is the deadly drug driving the North American overdose crisis. Ben Westhoff infiltrated China’s fentanyl labs to reveal the role of the Chinese government.

From poaching endangered shellfish to smoking quaaludes, this is the wild origin story of how meth took over South Africa.

Amsterdam’s hidden Rastafari restaurant serving zen vegan cuisine.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel are Mexico’s deadliest narco empire. But amidst rumours that their leader is actually dead – could this all be about to crumble?

What actually motivates people to sell drugs? This goes way beyond just labelling people greedy or “evil”. In this episode, we’re going inside the mind of a drug dealer.

The global cocaine trade has been revolutionised by Albanian mafia groups. We show how these groups really operate, using business innovation and brutal violence to maintain their power.

From policing to harm reduction, award winning drugs writer, JS Rafaeili explores every aspect of the drugs world through a series of interviews with leading experts.

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?

A so-called pink “cocaine,” aka tucibi, has taken over Colombia’s drug scene and is spreading into Europe. To find out what this mysterious pink powder actually is, Matt Shea takes a deep dive into Medellin’s narco-underworld.