How Fiji Became a Cartel Paradise | The War on Drugs

When you think of the Pacific Islands, you tend to think of a tropical paradise - not bricks of cocaine and meth being cooked up with rat poison.
But there’s a new Pacific drugs superhighway emerging across the South Pacific islands, with unforeseen and devastating consequences.
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[@erossore8500]

I’m a Fijian, my family has been affected by the drugs here. Thank you for talking about it.

[@fernandomercado599]

LMFAOOO

[@jorgefitzgerald4684]

@@fernandomercado599 ?

[@punnylittleaj3392]

@@jorgefitzgerald4684 yeah I’m confused as u r

[@fernandomercado599]

@@punnylittleaj3392 keep on being confused my guy

[@fernandomercado599]

@@jorgefitzgerald4684 how may I help you sir

[@Lux-ue1md]

thats why fiji water is so pure and tastes good

[@Buttersausage]

Lol 😂

[@Buttersausage]

Let me find out

[@user-mz3yw6cb7d]

you win the Internet today 👏👏👏👏😆😆

[@shoutatthesky]

Anyone who thinks Fiji's water is super clean hasn't been to Fiji.

[@JKernx]

@@shoutatthesky eh, still tastes great lol

[@AwokenEntertainment]

wow.. it's crazy how Fiji gets sucked into all this just from where it's geographical location is..

[@topspot4834]

That's how every drug hotspot forms ... It's like the Caribbean islands being a key location for trafficking into the US via Florida.

[@FostuRKid]

Thats how every drug hotspot forms…

[@davirubi3458]

@@topspot4834 Pablo Escobar was in the Bahamas 🇧🇸

[@soothingrain7522]

Happens to a lot of countries. Look at Mexico.

[@IloPilo]

@@topspot4834Especially the netherlands

[@Ed-rg4do]

Such good journalism. War on Drugs series is outstanding

[@ptt619]

they should show this whole series to congress.

[@actualyoungsoo]

US government was not brutal enough to catch drug Mexicans to be honest.

[@b-d3vil16]

It’s personally one of my favorite segments Vice has. “We’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs” fact based journalism at its best.

[@hipsonsogbo]

Absolute joke, the war on drugs. Legalise.

[@jordanalexander5275]

Outstanding as rubbish

[@evanleclaire]

Imagine being the guy who's only job is to drive his boat out a few miles, scuba dive to an underwater cache, and then deliver the goods to someone else. Sounds like a video game

[@seeharvester]

Sounds like a lucrative endeavor. Forthwith, I shall master the art of scuba diving, and become filthy rich off the broken lives of my fellow man.

[@flawns]

and Lilly to be killed since he knows where everything is picked up and dropped off

[@r.ladaria135]

As these are criminal business you simply risk the competence kill you with or without warning. Or your own boss as they could have to face criminal charges and does not want any loose ends... There is the police , trials and jail issue too.

[@kalebrooks6833]

Far Cry 3

[@user-sp4gy7ko5l]

@@seeharvester Become a politician.

[@djdoemoney]

Starting to make more sense why Hawaii has such a problem with ice, I’m assuming it started off similar as a stopping spot between some destination

[@cashisking7172]

Whoever cant do a bump and stop is an idiot

[@anthonygato407]

it began in Hawaii too in the 80's. the ww2 soldiers too. Big in the islands.

[@Menez47]

@@anthonygato407 The thought of those WW2 soldiers all cracked out fighting in a brutal war trips me out lmao

[@alyssahamlett]

been on the islands

[@mikloridden8276]

@@Menez47 There’s a reason they lasted so long fighting

[@rockhoundcustomjewelry]

I love this little quote y'all do at the end of all of these in this series. "I'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs."

[@TreeSnackz]

💯

[@fashionsense9083]

I say that quote randomly sometimes 😆

[@jonslg240]

Yeah it's clever as propaganda, but that's it. Do you think your society would be better off if drugs were sold for 90% cheaper and available in every store?

[@jonslg240]

Vice has an agenda, and ANYTHING that doesn't fit their agenda they hide from the users. They never divulge anything that would lead to a counter-argument against their agenda.

[@tenfold7493]

Doesn’t do much for me. Just some private school Whiny accent posh vice employee with an overused cringe inducing quote

[@andreaaldrich4046]

I hate meth so much. Seeing people you love become someone else and lose reality is so horrifying.

[@juliansmith7415]

Wait tell you experience someone addicted to smoking perc30s(fentanyl)

[@WhoTFVotedBiden]

What is reality?

[@joshviggiani9844]

@@WhoTFVotedBiden a lot of things

[@BostonsF1nest]

@@juliansmith7415 perc 30’s and fentanyl are completely different not to mention smoking either of those substances is a huge waste. There are better ways to use them and get more high if that’s your goal.

[@pentelred]

@@BostonsF1nest speaking from experience or you just know someone that does it

[@pabloescobarcode7511]

I love how they think 120 kilos is stopping the flow hahaha

[@samsonsoturian6013]

On a small remote island, that's probably 50% of the supply.

[@kluaa683]

Junkie

[@erikhellenbrandt8621]

@@kluaa683 what? how?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@flavio garcia don't you have a shock therapy session, or something?

[@steinarjonsson_]

@@samsonsoturian6013 Not if it's being forwarded over to New Zealand and Australia, as well as being consumed locally.

[@lasakau272]

I was born in Fiji in 2000. I now have lived in London my whole life. My family left aswell as many others due to our fathers joining the British army. Looking back at what fiji is becoming in just 4 years from 2018 to 2022 is so sad to me :(🇫🇯

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

i thought fiji was a paradise. so there is no paradise in this world. that is a shame

[@phuckyoutube5927]

Go do something if you care so much. Or just sit around and pretend

[@Kimmy_95]

Similar issues on my island. We're a Drug transhipment point located next to South America. Our boarders are open for any & everything to enter & export because our govt is involved. Mass shootings & other forms of crime is spiraling out of control every year. With each passing year the death toll at gets higher. I still live here because I have no choice right now but it's always a case of WHO'S NEXT. We have thousands living abroad though. Most in Canada & US and some in the UK.

[@sharonrigs7999]

I was in Fiji ( Lautoka and Yasawas) back in 2006. No meth or hard drugs then. Just plenty of seedy, low grade bush weed and kava of course

[@Alexfromthe6]

Kava?

[@CRUNKJOOSE2]

@@Alexfromthe6 Its ground cassava root made in a drink, it gives you a slight sort of high. Its usually drank socially

[@GetAlife2715]

@@CRUNKJOOSE2 kava is not from casava root, it is the root of Piper methysticum plant while casava is a root crop the root itself is casava. Just want to clear things up🤣🤣

[@lothanamarie6326]

This is really sad. As much as the cartels are to blame, so is the government for combating the situation with a 'war on drugs' that mostly fails in what it tries to accomplish.

[@TreeSnackz]

Same bird different feathers

[@zazasnruntz7505]

Maybe if your kids would stop getting high we wouldn’t have this problem

[@professorfinesser232]

true, they are all just a bunch of rich gangsters who do not give a flying f*** about the population

[@professorfinesser232]

oh yea and the earth is flat and stationary. the fact they have everyone fooled so well shows how strong they're control is

[@irvingsalas5252]

Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs

[@th3d3vil08]

I'd like to thank Drugs, for winning the war on drugs.

[@tylerm0089]

Correct. those morons "id like to thank the WOD for winning the WOD"

[@scottjohnson5687]

Give the people what they want Drugocracy

[@arcang2102]

Ballin'completly outa-control!The Big Score!!Soon after bein' Awarded with some Awesome Blinged-out Olympic-sized platinum-gold, Diamond- encrusted Bronze-silver Trophied Crest!Cant beat it.Bcs it's 'Tha Bomb!'comin down hard to land in a Neighborhood Theater near you!

[@th3d3vil08]

@@arcang2102 You sound like you on some Xans now. LoL 🤘😂

[@francoislemieux4727]

the british accent makes it weirder

[@virgilfails7218]

Thank you for the knowledge and up dates Vice🤘👍😁🙏

[@AdakStillStands]

Small countries with small incomes and budgets cannot keep pace with world inflation. The increased price of necessary imports (food, fuel, personal and medical needs) demand new sources of income. Welcome drug manufacturers and cyber-crooks. It's worked for other countries trying to stabilize or simply afford out-of-control price increases for basic needs for their citizens. There's only a few remote islands untouched. North Sentinel Island will be untouched forever.

[@jumpy2xstreaming]

They need to leagalize weed there fully, cannot believe Hawaii the place of people smoking weed everywhere still is illegal for Rec use. This is the problem with war on drugs if everyone could smoke weed there would be less cocaine crack and meth users. Not stop it but definitely people need legal weed

[@Erik-Vadee-Veechee]

Yeah we see how that works out so well in the US. Putting money above human life is a coward career to pursue. If you can't deal with increased prices then that sucks but don't result to making easy money at the expense of others. I agree that weed should be legalized everywhere too but it's not a solution for the drug problem.

[@jumpy2xstreaming]

@@Erik-Vadee-Veechee lol but it will solve many problems in every and I mean every single country. Not just the US

[@alexbasshead]

We should bring ice to the sentinelese

[@seanclements6206]

North sentinel island is at like under 60 people and I think their population has been decreasing. We will surely dive into that place the moment they are gone or down to single digits

[@durianriders]

BIG MONEY here in oz because the customs take so much the price goes up and so does the crime wave. Legalize the lot and watch the crime drop!

[@raclark2730]

Australian drug laws are in many states archaic, its time to get real about drug use.

[@MAPLERO4D20]

Well of course crime will drop if you make it legal because there’s no longer a crime being committed, but will it actually solve the drug problem or just make it cheaper?

[@captainflinco9206]

never thought id see my country on vice...especially about drugs. Its a sad day for me and all Fijians

[@aleccastro4761]

Much love to Fiji from your rugby brothers in South Africa - stay strong and please kick this evil out of your beautiful land, trust us, the money isn't worth all the trouble it will give to your people!

[@laurynlong101]

You act like anybody from Fiji can read or see your comment. The only way this bullshit will end is via drug legalization

[@flounderfanaticfishing1765]

thank you

[@f_gordon]

My friends from Samoa and Fiji are going through tough times back home. They’re happier here in the US, but they really miss home but not the drugs there.

[@evolancer211]

Man how amazing would it be to find a brick of cocaine, while walking on a beach lol

[@Mozzeo]

Yeah just to leave it where you find it before you get. chopped up in pieces. You must think the cartel is a jk

[@drevil3606]

I agree it would make my day

[@arcang2102]

Yeah,strollin' around in the sand,on another day in socalled Paradise,only to look down to ones surprise,in finding a fat tight wrapt package on the Beach,laced with Fetynyl, stretched with Rat-poison!

[@Skateandcreate9]

I don’t do that garbage so I’d throw it right back in the ocean. I’m cool with my weed, mdma, and psychedelics thanks.

[@WillLakeman]

@@Skateandcreate9 so like.. you hate money lol? Weird time and place to be on a high horse about what drugs you do.

[@annie_xo]

I think I would die of happiness if I was just casually walking on the beach and found a huge brick of cocaine.

[@sphereagram]

I imagine you'd die from the cocaine, not the happiness.

[@-AxisA-]

Would you be so happy because you would sell it, snort it or both?😄 Also do if you're intent is to sell do you have the contacts to do that?😂 Most of people don't.

[@akiraasmr3002]

aussies are crazy paying 200 a g of coke its prob stepped on to sht too lol over here in the states you can get it for 50 a g.

[@wristsosloppy528]

@@-AxisA- id keep it fir myself lol. ALL MINE

[@areaboy777]

@@akiraasmr3002 You don't think the stuff that you're getting is stepped on?

[@gregmcb5305]

Now the war on drugs has made a new casualty. Etizolam, A drug that had the ability to treat seizures and anxiety with less tolerance. and now it’s illegal. As someone who has a family member with epilepsy this just makes me angry and sad. The War on Drugs only fuels criminal syndicates, takes money away from the county’s economy, and puts people in jail who should not be in jail.

[@DaneAraux]

Då rk web shh

[@sonsofkojimarip]

Lmfao, if etizolam worked so will ANY other benzo. If you have supposed epilepsy why aren't you being treated by a medical professional? I have family with seizure disorders and epilepsy and none of them rely on benzos...

[@CPM1TV]

@@sonsofkojimarip exactly lol

[@gregmcb5305]

@@sonsofkojimarip dude let me spell it out for you. Etizolam has been shown to be effective for more than two weeks for anxiety and epilepsy unlike every other benzo out there that is currently in use, it’s not about whether another benzo will work or not, it’s about tolerance and progression of tolerance. And the fact if used correctly can even produce an “anti-tolerance”. That has huge implications for treating both anxiety and epilepsy, and if you had any knowledge about benzodiazepines Basic pharmacology then you would understand how important that is, I’m glad your family does not have to rely on benzos to treat their epilepsy ect. Not everyone is so lucky.

[@gregmcb5305]

@@CPM1TV exactly what?

[@MarioLopez-hb6li]

this is sad man..people from Fiji are so kind and welcoming, i was happy seeing how the country was improving so much over the years and now drugs are turning it into another Colombia. once drugs reach a country like this it never cures itself. drugs are a big problem in most countries. hopefully the other small islands dont become like this, but im sure they will go the same path. the world is Absolut chaos

[@khalilahd.]

Did not expect this in Fiji but it makes sense 🙁

[@aad7451]

Hey I’m your sub! what a coincidence to find you here lol

[@Vstar87]

@@aad7451 she comments every where I swear 😂

[@edo4867]

As long as these drugs continue to be banned instead of just controlled, more and more corners of the world will lose their innocence and fall to criminality or addiction.

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏🍏C I A making tons of $$ off the substances trade . They’re at the top and receive a percentage of the profits

[@ohdearearthlings1879]

Drug gangsters should never be free again. They should all be permanently jailed on a Vegan diet.

[@intermediate212]

Drugs being controlled, banned, or made legal will all have the same result. Gangs and cartels will find some way to make new, more potent drugs to replace the ones that were legalized/controlled.

[@lolsoos4205]

@@hugejackedman7423 not really and doesn't make sense. I mean alc, weed, heroin and coke have a really different high that's why your statement doesn't make sense

[@ARS-fn6px]

Exactly what our governments want

[@DavidsonHangOfficial]

Thank you Vice!

[@demwaya]

Thanks for this, watching from Nairobi

[@AGrace-tw6ku]

The fact that we get free videos on KZbin by VICE is truly a gift 👏

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Vice is actually promoting drugs in these documentaries. They deny that Mass Shootings are usually a government hoax. They hate Trump & protect senile Biden.

[@JC-lj2zq]

Word 💯😆

[@seeharvester]

Nothing is free.

[@chicagokush]

Facts

[@blznft9513]

@@seeharvester True it comes with ads

[@shaidyn8278]

I'm glad they called out that it's not just hardcore addicts using meth. A lot of people don't know it's widely used by truckers, construction guys, and factory workers, just to stay awake and keep going.

[@atmosrepair]

Yes and soldiers! It was invented and first widespread implementation for German blitzkrieg so pilots could fly longer missions of 24 hrs

[@byloyuripka9624]

@@atmosrepair what planes at the time could fly for 24h lololololol maybe you on the meth

[@alyssahamlett]

vice always comin w the heat

[@iancampbell4504]

Growing up there and seeing. It’s good to finally see the problem get outside attention

[@howtogrow3020]

what did u expect to happen when u cut down the cannabis

[@Skateandcreate9]

Preach

[@OnPointFirearms]

Could you imagine finding a brick washed up at the beach? Like winning the lottery!

[@kjb6637]

Unless you’re on an island in the middle of the pacific 😂😂😂

[@criessmiles3620]

Pretty low standards Cheers from west Africa 🦅

[@jahjacsgo3507]

Doin man for less than a brick is more stress than it cost

[@tolotonga69]

Was thinking the same thing hahaha

[@professorfinesser232]

@@kjb6637 still can get the full value maybe if u go man vs wild style and sneak the brick thru how ever u manage to get urself off the island.

[@SolidBaka]

I fear with the growing poverty in the region and the tug of war between China and Australia for the region, the drug trade will increase and spread.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

China imports opium by the ton and exports synthetics

[@Kolejboy]

what does china even want in the region please?

[@AGrace-tw6ku]

Asia-Pacific region for Native Asians-Pacific islanders, period.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@AGrace-tw6ku do you even know who settled which islands when?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@Kolejboy Chinese attempts at "world leadership" doesn't discriminate. Some Pacific island leaders have been offered bribes in order to get favorable business deals and naval jumping points.

[@f1nnedits996]

The war on drugs series is amazing!

[@armorykittington]

I think it's a funny name because the wars on drugs is over. Drugs won.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

The CIA is guilty! They are the biggest drug dealers of all.

[@intosound913]

By the time it gets to Sydney it's only 20% cocaine, it's mostly baby formula and anti diarrhea meds, with a bit of meth to keep it punchy.

[@Spicy-spaghetti]

But why tho

[@arcang2102]

Wat a crap price-to- pay for having fun,with cheap Coked-out Aussies, in The- Land-Down- Under!

[@fvfr6294]

WTH?

[@wharfrat5780]

Yo, the cartels would have heads if the product got stepped on before it destination. That’s why the bricks have calling cards. It’s your shitty local dealers stepping on it. Do you really think anyone would risk all of that to transport 80% baby formula?

[@Spicy-spaghetti]

@@wharfrat5780 Moneys moneys, its gonna always sell no matter what's in it. So it is possible

[@ShammusWammus]

I'd appreciate a War on Drugs broadcast about Milwaukee and how it loops to Detroit, Canada, and Chicago and beyond.

[@charlesg3401]

It goes from both sides of north America

[@ShammusWammus]

@@charlesg3401 I'm speaking specifically within the Midwestern sphere through the Great lakes dude.

[@marycorzette6562]

Absolutely heartbreaking: (

[@andersonking73]

Another great video

[@keithspernak6456]

I was in Fiji in 2006 and traveled around for a few weeks. Drugs didn't seem to be a thing other than maybe some low grade bush ganja. Because I was a foreigner I didn't want to even try to inquire about anything illegal, but NO one seemed to be a druggie that I encountered on any island.

[@morriscolenbrander1395]

Hi Keith, do you by any chance know a person called Sharon Rigs?

[@jamesaa007]

That was more than a decade ago. You will be mugged if you go back now and walk on the streets

[@VS-fo9py]

@@jamesaa007 really? A friend recommended a trip there for vacation. Do you not recommend Americans vacay there? 😬

[@jamesaa007]

@@VS-fo9py Vacations are okay as most tourists remain inside their private hotel or resort premises which are generally private areas. People will worship white tourists in those areas unless you are out on the streets.

[@zoe9632]

@@morriscolenbrander1395 Right!

[@rosemead4310]

Would absolutely love it if you did longer videos as I feel like I only learn a little about it. Could you cover more?

[@fortytwo244]

Oh wow, we didn’t know you learn so much from our videos, we will make them longer now. Just for you, just because you asked

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

They cannot afford it. Vice is doing really bad right now and are currently looking for a buyer.

[@NicotineftCoffeeFlavoredWater]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 how much do they need for a buy out?

[@brickzzzquad]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 how do you know ?

[@OriginalLS90]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 15 mil subs alot of videos and they are failing ? Definitely making less money but that’s cap

[@su-uc8xe]

whenever i hear about fiji truman show comes to my mind first

[@jotv7224]

YOU GUYS GOT A LOT TO LEARN.

[@SMAKSHADE]

i am so grateful for recovery, I PRAY FOR ALL

[@arcang2102]

Yep!For-real,for- real!!If the retro-slogan,'Just Say No!' was a Joke!!Imagine all the addicted kids,or greenies everywhere in the world, falling into the life crushing grinder of hard-core addiction,especialy these days.Now that it's serious catastrophic & inhumane collosal issue!

[@kluaa683]

@@arcang2102 finally someone who thinks clearly in these comments💯🙏🏻

[@SMAKSHADE]

@@kluaa683 🙏🙏

[@SMAKSHADE]

@@arcang2102 🙏🙏

[@hipsonsogbo]

What a bloody disgrace, pulling all that marijuana out the ground, bloody criminals those police ruining nature like that. Marijuana is a great medicine. Changes values, opens windows of the mind.

[@dastaan8645]

Wanna joint?

[@raclark2730]

I agree home grown weed keeps you away from shady places were you maybe tempted by something else.

[@hipsonsogbo]

@@raclark2730 what I always find misleading is the way these uploads cross various drug topics that arnt related, weed has many positive uses and effects, is a plant grown in nature, meth/cocaine has some bad side effects generally not such a good drug to get into, contains many synthetic substances, causes societal harm, it's just more propaganda and misleads people all over the world, continuing to cause harm through misinformation.

[@raclark2730]

@@hipsonsogbo Its all related. just what you want.

[@hipsonsogbo]

@@raclark2730 related yes, but far from similar, weed very good for you, yet the message in these docos is negative as it gets crossed with social harm caused from meth. It's misleading, but I'm sure it's planned propaganda.

[@HeadHoncho727]

I know a guy who went down there to fish and stay in the Islands with a family and he got pressured multiple times to run drug's for them but he kept refusing and somehow got out. He said he's never going back.

[@monsterhunter445]

Do they pay but yeah that would suck

[@markbenge7288]

Thank you for your report. 🇳🇿NZ

[@ossoduro7794]

Rep. Hank Johnson might be concerned that too many cartel members seeking paradise on islands like Fiji might make conditions favorable for them to capsize. They should be spread out evenly so as not to have too much population on one side of the island.

[@philipallen7956]

I had legit forgotten about that, thank you!

[@ossoduro7794]

@@philipallen7956 Hank would probably thank you for forgetting it, but I refuse to allow that to happen.

[@RawOlympia]

Hawaii Big Island was crazy in the 90s due to the huge problems with Ice, coming from Pacific countries.

[@ThePlantParadigm]

That is insane. You have to think if they're going about this the wrong way.

[@dreaugustus4658]

What’s in that Fiji Water though?

[@EricBishard]

Everything from Fiji is pure, the water, the cocaine

[@darthvale2633]

Hahahha

[@ghostface9776]

The rat poison

[@Kat.Evangeline]

I prefer the water! Am drinking some Fiji water right meow.

[@marioalberto34844]

No cocaine is pure, is nonsense.

[@raheem8086]

@@Kat.Evangeline I see what u did there kat lol

[@williamenock2704]

Whaaat, saw this 54 sec after it came out

[@PROQUIL]

Ok

[@kobold7763]

I swear I can smell a Vice drug story coming, I'm always catching them within seconds or a couple minutes (27 seconds this time)

[@Tom-hl7wc]

21 seconds

[@gloisma]

cap

[@trebor9711]

Great Channel 👍

[@stack3r]

Good to know, thanks.

[@dcmtrapa438]

Thank you for educating me and the many others unfamiliar with how these treacherous powders and mystical pills make it to and destroy our families and loved ones I’m sorry for all who has lost anyone or anything due to the use of drugs or the transportation of drugs.. thank you vice for your bravery

[@balkanadian2710]

The pills are not the problem brother. Pills are only chemicals, inert in their stable form. Its the pushers and dealers destroyinging families. Why else do you think think they blur our the pusher's voices

[@trentcruise3084]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@guolietang]

Why you apologising dude unless your some link in the chain.. last year the biggest drugs syndicate including comancheros, mafia, triads got done labeled biggest drug bust of the century on the east coast of Australia.. all that’s done is left a opening for a territorial underworld war and a new syndicate twice as bad and dangerous than the previous..

[@bernardi5919]

50 detections per day in the facility that processes 70% of inbound mail?? I doubt that's even close to the amount getting shipped in in the mail.

[@ronppcg]

@0:42 that Nautilus was having the time of its life on that beach..

[@Zodd1001]

Lol I know this is off topic but I like the vacuum tube TV’s next to the main host lol JVC at the time was a big player in TVs.

[@liammalone6304]

Let's keep this war on drugs going because common sense and documentaries👌

[@anthonygato407]

epidemic

[@zazasnruntz7505]

I mean you whyt people keep using 🤷‍♂️

[@basrengangetch.2042]

@@zazasnruntz7505 ah, found a racist

[@necrophagus9]

It's scary when your lifestyle doesn't mesh with the party in charge. Freedom no longer applies.

[@taylorquiroz3656]

What?

[@necrophagus9]

@@taylorquiroz3656 as far as substance use and the law goes.

[@enir6793]

Fascinating to see how the trade of chickens and sweet potatoes since 800 A.D. between the Pacific Isles and the Americas has evolved... true BFF

[@ritchierich2793]

Damn, didnt know about that with Australia.. Jesus that's some good money to be made out...

[@theembeard765]

The wealthier the country the more they buy and use drugs it seems, maybe because they just simply can afford it. I know many poor countries have high drug usage rates too so maybe its human nature to want something that changes your reality no matter your wealth or lack of

[@anthonygato407]

humans are literally wired to seek dopamine increase.

[@kongengorm3360]

They all live under global capitalism. That is why.

[@kjb6637]

In Fiji they have a local hallucinogenic called Cava (I think this is how it’s spelt) - sorry if it is mentioned in the Vice video, I haven’t watched it yet. This root vegetable gets ground up and drank and it gets you off your rockers. Strangely they don’t rlly need illegal drugs to distort reality over there. My dad is the Assistant Director of Public Prosecution over there and says that drug trafficking (in particular cocaine) is a huge problem… he’s had a few high-profile cases just recently

[@dabideallis4859]

All societies use drugs ... Even the penniless African slums they sniff glue and jet fuel... Richer countries just use more expensive drugs ... Not a massive difference.

[@mariandragoi2218]

Realistically the drug problem ain’t really a problem man. TV and every news media makes it look like everyone is doing it when In reality it’s 3/10 people. That’s not a high number. In romania for example where I’m from, everybody drinks alcohol in countryside wether your working or not. Alcohol is a big problem for example but you never see anyone talking about it. Why? Because it’s legal and it gets taxed. Look at the tax for acohol in the U.K., it’s stupid if u ask me. Weed used to be seen as crack, but look at it now. Since couple states made it legal it’s now called a recreating drug and everyone does it but the number is still not high

[@felixsissins2377]

Explains their rugby ability

[@franceslparrish3979]

Nope...

[@hurleycapetown8420]

Fiji and the other islands need to stop this asap(The hard drugs),once it takes hold it will be near impossible to stop,drug money will corrupt the powerful and the drugs will destroy the community,Im South African and while i dont know anyone from Fiji,Tongo we battle on the rugby field so i want to best for their nations and people.

[@alyssahamlett]

they've already had hard drugs over 20 years...n u can make meth urself so good luck getting rid of it

[@juanzero5398]

Maybe they need to talk to the WTO and World Bank? or it may be safer and more ethical to be involved in the international criminal drugs trade. Bad joke I know, I just don't know how to cope with the sickness on the planet any more. Best wishes and stay safe 🤐

[@kjb6637]

@@juanzero5398 they hand down harsh sentences for anyone trafficking drugs. A recent big case in Fiji involved a husband and wife that tried to smuggle 80 kg of cocaine in on their yacht from Columbia (along with a handgun and a few thousand pills). They were caught and both punished harshly. Trust me when I say that a Fijian prison is not where you want to spend 30 years either 😂

[@charliec.3518]

@@kjb6637 thats not a harsh sentence AT ALL for smuggling drugs while armed, the only thing that makes it reasonable is the fact that they might not even survive 30 years in those prisons

[@kjb6637]

@@charliec.3518 it really is when you understand that Fiji follows the UK common law system and its’ sentencing guidelines aren’t like the US where you can received 300+ years in prison for something. I believe you can receive up to 22 years in prison for anything up to 0.5kg. Fiji sentencing guidelines (much like in the UK), say that most individuals won’t receive anywhere near 22 years even for murder. Of course, it’s a mandatory life sentence but parole can be requested after a “minimum set date”. The longest sentence ever issued in Fiji is 30 years for a multiple rape/murder case. So when a serial rapists/murderers sentence mirrors that of a drug smuggler and you realise they’ll likely both be in prison for similar times, it IS a pretty serious sentence. It’s all relative to the judicial system being discussed and the sentencing guidelines in place. For the US? Probably not. For the UK/Fiji - VERY harsh

[@mylespatrickmcmorrow]

I just ran across this video but I had a friend telling me that a bunch of stuff is coming through to the states with Fiji water and that was like 3 years ago

[@justinrauch651]

It just feels wrong watching people destroy plants!!! End the war on drugs!!!

[@bogged2theeyeballs695]

Environmental vandalism. Where are the greenies when you need them ??

[@terencekwong3033]

The drug dealer sent back to Fiji even tho he grew up in Australia is very similar to stories of US sending Latino Americans back to South America and creating more dangerous gangsters like MS-13.

[@GotDamBoi]

I love how they branded their bricks lmao

[@waqasahmad8015]

It's soo soo sad this drug trade needs to stop so many families have lost loved ones

[@mike0nabike]

When will countries learn to legalize drugs and allow controlled administration and rehabilitation instead of brute defiance? The governments of the world are losing this battle and destroying their people’s lives with criminal convictions and social stigmatization.

[@sgtdanny69148]

'Legalize drugs' you gotta be shitting me right? with the bunch of meth heads and no brainers that are high off their face nodding off in the gutters of the streets i highly doubt 'legalizing drugs' would be anymore better than 'destroying people’s lives with criminal convictions and social stigmatization'

[@kluaa683]

Exactly what junkies would like

[@aiyalidat]

@@kluaa683 I think his point is the junkies are winning currently anyways. Whatever the solution is, it's not the current system das fo-shizzy my nizzy

[@mike0nabike]

@@kluaa683 Yes, for the gracious opportunity to turn their lives around so they don't die in the streets or rot in prison. This is more cost effective than jailing junkies and ignoring them thus perpetuating the black market trade. Just look at the countries that have implemented this strategy rather than the failing status quo most other places have in place. The evidence speaks for itself if you're willing to challenge your biases and assumptions.

[@rabbitphobia]

AND it would stop making the cartels rich and so powerful too.

[@justinpaquette224]

Is been time to legalize drugs for a long time. The damage caused by the war on drugs is too much to express in words

[@paddington1670]

legalize or at least decriminalize and rehabilitate, not punish.

[@justinpaquette224]

@@paddington1670 Decriminalize wouldn't get the crime out of it. It would help, but fully legal would be the first that would need to happen to really make real change for the better

[@hipsonsogbo]

Amen

[@taylorsukoshi6126]

We really need to stop the war on guns then we wouldn't need drugs

[@triniboy05]

@@justinpaquette224 genuine question: how would legalizing help? As seen with marijuana, it gets taxed heavily and the barrier to entry is high for prospective entrepreneurs, so the illegal market is still booming AND dispensaries are getting robbed, broken into, etc.

[@lucasonic3461]

Brooo I need a link to your shirt that black and grey one

[@robertless9581]

Now this is the old vice we miss

[@insaneomcleano]

Seems like a simple problem to fix. Drop the price of coke in Australia by flooding the market. No point in shipping it to the other side of the world if it's only $10 a gram

[@davids7009]

So that's why that Fiji water tastes so good... 🤔

[@worldgonemad1152]

Seems like the original Vice 👍

[@harrencekaius1006]

You should do one on guam since your in the pacific

[@dejamike88]

I think it’s a bit misleading @2:10, the costs of a gram of coke doesn’t magically turned from $8 in Columbia and to $200 once it lands in Australia. There are huge logistics costs from that point A to point B, such as the cost of transportation and I’m sure there are officials to bribe. Those are not cheap… that particular statement made it sound like the guy that sells in Columbia automatically made $192 a gram if he lands his product in Australia. I think because of the logistic costs, that made the dark web very attractive to the medium size drug dealers, because they can cut a lot of that cost way down. The only down side is they can’t transport mass quantities using this method, but look at the guy that created Silk Road, he made so much money without touching the drugs or had to meet with any scary/shady people. I read it somewhere that the government seized almost $1 Billion from the site, im not sure how much of that amount was his, but even if only 1% (I’m sure it had to be more than that), that is still $10 million dollars. The crazy thing is if you know the story of how he got busted, he was just being 5tup*d, the site would still be running and he would still be making bank if he would have just be a tad bit smarter and not let power clouded his judgment.

[@Motanori]

Yeah thats true but his charge is crazy... He will never get out of prison

[@turkicslav5562]

Yeah that dude actually try to kill people so I don’t understand your point here

[@bruttosporcoecattivo]

No, not Fiji. For what I understand Fijians are among the most friendly and pure people in the world. This society really sucks!

[@magicninja4727]

Sitting here on 4/20 smoking a blunt while watching and hearing them talk about made me glad I’m not there

[@jasond4193]

Hawaii has endured this scourge for a couple of decades. Maybe there can be something learned there? But it's sad to see. And just as in Hawaii it was those that welcomed the tourists that fell the hardest.

[@utkarshchaudhary5916]

literally dope 😂

[@detroit2africaradio631]

I like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs.

[@A55Hol3_Actual]

Damn, I thought $100 a ball was lots lol

[@hydrooxy84]

Vice does so many awesome things goes crazy places to crazy people it really shows there professionalism these people giving them the access they get I always look forward to watching these videos keep going keep them coming i love and enjoy

[@insignia76]

These contraproductive ways to deal with drugs are just ridicoulus and we have a black market instead of prescription controlled market with healthcare workers. Just have a license system where u get ur daily dose of whatever it is u need (without rat poison) and realise it comes with responsibility like no car driving etc.

[@chubbygreyhound1198]

Pop Tart addict here. Tucking in to my 6th today as we speak. Not life threatening but speedos no longer look good on me with my blossoming girth.

[@gxnxvxx]

How's ur tummy

[@chubbygreyhound1198]

@@gxnxvxx Grim, my friend.

[@killercaos123]

I just saw the Tonga 🇹🇴 Geography Bow video just recently

[@mrobject9113]

Remember when most, if not all, of these drugs used to be in commercially available products or prescribed to you by a doctor for something like a cold? No? Ask your parents or grandparents...

[@jefflapointe3351]

Don't even get me started on the water cartel!

[@amandasunshine2]

You mean Nestlé? Jk I am actually interested

[@Spicy-spaghetti]

What’s water cartel

[@mikloridden8276]

They wear business suits so it’s okay

[@quarzasiphix]

im gonna go to fiji, and with the knowledge that i got from watching vice, ill buy and fix the entire world

[@aaroncarrillo315]

5:56 dude has plug n play hahah

[@EricBishard]

Who makes the dope package art on those bricks?

[@alexchavez3244]

Fr looks silly 😂

[@robrod8220]

That's a syndicate family seal or cartel stamp so you know where the bricks came from.

[@angelgutierrez3943]

Growing up sometimes is sad because you see even the most beautiful so called paradise places on earth are filled with poverty & crime….

[@tylerm0089]

growing up is sad. period. lol. just my opinion.

[@anthonygato407]

thats never reality. its a romanticized story. its always been corrupt there, probably longer than most places if not always. its not like you think. everybody has a relative whos a cop. also every body has a relative doing ice.

[@globalismoblackman]

Very sad reality and depressing meanwhile I am here dreaming to go on vacation to these paradise Islands only to discover these islands are saturated with drugs and crime ☹️😥😥. No points spending lots of money to vacation in drug and crime infested paradise Islands 🌴🏖️🌄☹️😥😥

[@NewHandle_]

200 a gram Jesus

[@keepcreationprocess]

He is very professional.

[@whtkngofc]

Politicians are the ones paying $200 a gram 🤣🤣🤣 They partied hard after their last win!

[@mariandragoi2218]

Don’t blame the drugs but the people. I grew up in London U.K. and every since I was young everyone knew to stay away from hard drugs. Only weed and hash that’s it. If you do anything else you’re considered a crackhead and outcast and no one will hang out with u. I’ve only smoked weed and hash since 18. I’m 21 now but I stop whenever I want. I was on a 5 month break and I just started smoking this month. But I stop and start whenever I want and I only smoke to enjoy myself not coz I need to. That’s the thing with weed. No one says be a boring guy all your life and don’t drink alcohol or smoke weed, but at the same time don’t do these hard drugs. All it takes is one puff of crack and that’s it ur life is over

[@JC-lj2zq]

Coming from the UK I’d of thought you’d have more to say and more of an open adult minded way of looking at drugs and message. You sound like a teacher back in the 80’s. If you think it’s that black and white then your severely mistaken mate. I just wish the hundreds of thousands of addicts out there had had the opportunity to read your post or even better had listened to you say your little bit as that definitely would stop all the reasons for addiction out there. Plus no one would start drugs ever again and all stop because it’s that easy and straightforward. Nothing to do with anything else 🙄🙄😝💩

[@jamcho6224]

Yes your testimony echoed by thousands

[@thomasmitchell4128]

You're young my friend. My community and my close friends all had the same mentality towards hard drugs. Then one by one people tried coke and methamphetamine and so one, and the drugs are designed too well for our body to resist. People try meth and realize it's the best they've ever felt and they feel like an enhanced version of themselves, a better version of themselves, and it also makes you feel good. There's a lot of low dose meth users that you would never know did it. Keep that same mentality my friend. And watch what I said happened to my community happen to yours. I promise it will.

[@gontsekganyago4079]

You better stop smoking that weed.... The fact you 'STOPPED' means that you are trying to avoid something, better avoid it now than regret it later... I used to smoke too

[@steinarjonsson_]

Your comment is such a perfect storm of prejudice and self-denial. Criticizing other people's drug use while justifying your own... what a hypocrite!