Drugs

When huge quantities of the safrole oil required to make MDMA went up in smoke in southeast Asia in the late 2000s, the global ecstasy deficit was filled with a deadly replacement: PMA. The result? Hundreds of deaths.

VICE News looks at America's fentanyl crisis.

Vice News Tonight continues its investigation into America's school shootings.

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.

GHB can make you happy and horny with no comedown but a millilitre too much can put you in a coma or kill you. Still, everyone from Ibiza resident DJs to Dutch hardcore fanatics seem to be on it.

Michael K Williams and VICE News investigate the juvenile criminal justice system.

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.

Two former drug dealers from different generations — Freeway Rick Ross and Lorenze — sit down to reflect on the similarities and differences of hustling in their day.

Take a trip inside the mind of West Coast hip hop icon E-40.