Inside Zimbabwe's Codeine Cough Syrup Epidemic

Zimbabwe is at risk of losing its youth to codeine cough syrup, as the addiction epidemic has already engulfed what the experts estimate could be over half the country’s young people. Despite the growing problem, Zimbabwe’s government has not yet opened rehabilitation clinics, meaning addicts are often sent to prison or psychiatric wards.
The cough syrup, often of the brand BronCleer, is imported illegally from South Africa, and is sold on every street corner, in bars, school yards and on busses for as little as $3 a bottle.
We meet current and former users, as well as the NGOs pushing the government to open up rehabs, to find out why cough syrup has become the drug of choice for so many young Zimbabweans.
This documentary was produced with help from DanChurchAid, and originally aired on VICE in 2019.

[@viceimpact]

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[@bellaa3903]

I wish they did one about the drug epedemic in the UK

[@noelcastillo7261]

Atleast no more cough

[@Talariaboy562]

@@bellaa3903yyy ik

[@kahplexx]

@@bellaa3903 How’s the UK?

[@Shaman41]

Everything in the Universe is happening like it's supposed too de ja vu means you are for sure on the right path

[@javenwallace830]

Perhaps this is why Zimbabwe’s COVID numbers are so low, no one ever had a cough

[@VinylUnboxings]

Lol

[@moundain4220]

Or they just arent testing em lol

[@zuri6752]

Damn😂😂

[@mirwaiz9619]

@@moundain4220 don't ruin the joke dude,wtf.

[@bluezenith6631]

KEKW

[@lostasadorespr]

You know it's a serious problem when nobody in this documentary coughed even once.

[@Sir.TrikzZ]

Is this a reference to The Rona?? Cuz that it’s quite interesting to notice 🤔

[@davyjones2994]

@@Sir.TrikzZ this was recorded long ago

[@nolankurpius]

it’s a reference to the COUGH syrup that this entire video is about

[@rtxf]

@@Sir.TrikzZ that's such a dumb comment for so many reasons

[@Mrs.pinkalicious]

@@Sir.TrikzZ Are you slow? 💀💀😭

[@tino100stacks8]

I was once an addict of that same drug .I stopped when i moved to America were i cant afford a single bottle .The withdrawals were crazy but i had no choice .Watching this documentary shows me how blessed i am .Drugs can steal your life !!!

[@taylord9379]

Proud of you!!

[@liambhagan9239]

I hope you're doing better now but this is still a bit funny to me. The only way you can get off a medication addiction in the US is because the cost of medicine is so high.

[@timsherbert3451]

opiate withdrawals can kill, holy shit

[@travisflatt609]

🙌🙌🙌

[@leokokos320]

@Black Casper wtf is that question

[@heekiwon]

that mother is an incredible woman. really respect her.

[@percymcglocklan3964]

90% without formal employment... Drugs are only a symptom of the problem.

[@rustyshackleford8473]

Another failed communist state... night and day difference from when it was Rhodesia.

[@ryansoldier7217]

The drugs aren’t the only problem they went through a bad Great Depression in 2008 and they haven’t been able to recover from it

[@ryansoldier7217]

@Sheheryar Kamran ?

[@iliketurtles4463]

@Smoky Donuts Rooster

[@pablosamuelestradaochoa4127]

Im still in shock, like...how is that actually possible? wow

[@d3mon623]

Wait till they find about sprite and SoundCloud

[@BenChode-jl1rr]

Lmfao best comment

[@moritzpflegel4449]

Stfu

[@sarahalbers5555]

Or lean.

[@Kalistadog]

@@sarahalbers5555 lean is basically codeine, sprite, ice and jellys and which Bronclreer already contains codeine so thats why he said sprite....

[@sarahalbers5555]

@@Kalistadog got it. What a nasty concoction . I once took cough medicine with codeine, I slept for about 36 hrs.

[@leehoven5687]

Ah ok they protect their teeth. I Was affraid they take drugs irresponsibly.

[@jackiepecco2191]

You're pathetic attempt a joke is not at all funny 🙄🤔🤨

[@sumitchaudhari2828]

He attack he protec but also get high 🤣🤣🤣

[@pythro_]

@@sumitchaudhari2828 He attac, he protec, but most importantly he get high as hec

[@skrrtbiegaazwei7146]

@@jackiepecco2191 stop crying

[@kursna]

I've done a lot of drugs in my time and the thing that really helped me was finding a hobby. I'm really happy that at least one of the young men in this video found something to pull him out of the cycle. I can only imagine the hell it must be to be an addict in a country so impoverished

[@mikesully110]

yeah boredom is a big part of it. I was almost clean after a long taper, but then lockdown hit and I was stuck at home. Within a week I had ordered a box of OC80's and was back to doing 300mg+ of oxycodone a day and I'm still doing it now. I'm back to work but I need to taper all the way down again and tbh my heart really isn't into tapering again. But having a low stress job can really help. Having a high stress job on the other hand is an utter nightmare and will just make you use more.

[@benimcanm351]

It's hell being an addict in a country not impoverished, tbc.

[@lumijasminasmr3583]

♥️💪🏽

[@joshjames1574]

thats what people need to realize. drugs are not a problem. they are just a really really bad solution to that problem, to cope, im an alcoholic and i also use weed from time to time(not a pothead, i wish i was, better than being the alcoholic that i am) but i dont wanna go to AA because they just focus on why do you go to alcohol. the drug doesnt matter, and them pushing you to be a better person doesnt matter. if morals mattered i wouldnt do drugs that were illegal. honestly ive just been anxious to get my mom to help me get counseling. to me therapy with an individual is better than a fucking lets get better circlejerk of AA. luckily i have atleast a decent head on my shoulders, I normaly do weed and alcohol, and actually really wanna try shrooms and lsd again, or try dmt for once. but luckily ive done spice, coke, crack, and fentanyl, and my reaction too all of them was"i dont feel high, i just feel really fucking happy. amazing. this is why this shits so addicting, with weed and alcohol i at least felt different, with these, i just feel normal and happy. and thats why its addicting as fuck not to mention its bad for you. im not going to do this again or i will just be addicted." the reason people do drugs is because life sucks and drugs make you feel better, even with the downsides. in order to beat an addiction, you cant just try to stop doing it, or it will be hard as fuck NOT to restart. to beat addiction you go to the reason they are using, WHAT ARE THEY RUNNING FROM. im running from depression and a sense of this being my life and never getting better. BUT i need to face it, you cant resolve a problem if you act like it doesn't exist.

[@mandyritchie7115]

@@joshjames1574 brilliantly written, obviously from the heart, all the best to you Josh. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@silkqueen8498]

I commend the young boy who stopped because his siblings look up to him and his drive for music how inspirational!! Good job

[@pricklycats]

His music sounds bad

[@silkqueen8498]

@@pricklycats that's your opinion and your opinion sucks

[@helenaf68]

@@pricklycats you just stupid

[@R.J.MacReady1982]

Hahaha music

[@silkqueen8498]

@@R.J.MacReady1982 haha I fixed it😆

[@ETS186]

"I've been sitting at home for 2 years". Dude been self-quarantining before covid..

[@MrArbeter]

i have done exactly the same for two years reason i got fired 2 years ago so you also game and watch youtube i guess

[@varunk6633]

Same here.

[@MrArbeter]

@Ibba Jugs i payed for job insurance and I've been living of it ever since then . I don't get much so I barely spend money on games this year I spent 10 euros on games rest is just for food and rent . How about you?

[@MrArbeter]

@Anirban Chakrabarti not cringey at all thank you and i wish for you likewise

[@pietvelkens219]

@@MrArbeter That insurance must have an end date right?

[@warbledurbler7905]

"We pump them full of benzo's and then for some reason they forget about cough syrup." Complex medical theory at the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe.

[@Reth_Hard]

To be fair, I'm surprised they aren't just asking some high priest to throw some pig blood on them to get rid of the bad spirits... Who knows, with a bit of luck, in a 100 years they might get close to our current state of civilization? (Yeah, probably not... lol)

[@BlacksRsmelly]

@@Reth_Hard careful what you wish for...

[@Seth9809]

Withdrawal does make you pretty anxious.

[@warbledurbler7905]

@@Seth9809 It does indeed but replacing one addictive drug for another is probably not the most informed decision.

[@warbledurbler7905]

@@Reth_Hard It wasn't so long ago that your ancestors were completely controlled by church and state. The way your comment reads seems like you think that there's some genetic deficiency or something.

[@Mronmypurpose]

"if you don't do it, I won't play with you". wow

[@starboy1859]

Lool

[@depressedglub32]

Ah yes, the good ole "Do cough syrup or you're no longer my friend" line. Works every time! 💀💀

[@Bubzietown]

90% unemployed?!! Geesh that’s the real issue!

[@HellslayerH]

@Spacefarer Maybe it's because you seem to have a lot of knowledge about the subject and maybe was around that type of environment????

[@khivurn]

@Spacefarer damnnnnnnnnnnnn how old are you now?

[@void-hf5sk]

@Spacefarer my man!

[@MLGGaAn9sStT3R]

@Spacefarer continue the story bro

[@youtriedit8971]

@Spacefarer please continue the story.

[@TheVibrantHD]

This is heartbreaking. These poor kids feel like there's nothing left for them so they resort to drinking syrup.. I hope each and every one of them can find a way out

[@hugodaniel8975]

Thats why movements like black lives matter are so important

[@iliketurtles4463]

@@hugodaniel8975 lol

[@codenameeaglecooldown900]

Yes, such an advantage they are already good at speaking english (compared to other non-speaking English countries) even the cough syrup consumer.

[@willspencer8694]

@@hugodaniel8975 I assume you are just trolling because that is the most stupid comment if not ALM

[@hugodaniel8975]

@@willspencer8694 if you think BLM is a joke maybe the problem is on you

[@coemiltenburg9677]

That kid who is into music and was able to get out seems like a really good kid

[@kinnick5643]

🔥

[@gregory2277]

I'm from zimbabwe and i absolutely love how you challenged the government on this. As much as the former president is gone, everyday there are stories of missing politicians who speak out like you do. People are still tortured for speaking out(this comment alone is something i'm afraid o type), hopefully this raises awareness and motivates more documentaries like this. I'm not one to play the blame game towards the government,but i also think the responsibility is on us the citizens to do a lot more for meaningful change.

[@randomguy-yv2ec]

You can see the pain in dudes eye. "When you take this you don't feel or think."

[@edithramos5315]

Not a good thing to do then if you are miserable.

[@AntoniosReformation]

@Billy Medina definitely pain from constant use and being in withdrawals without it

[@randomguy-yv2ec]

@@edithramos5315 when you're in poverty ain't nothing to do

[@timmiller8645]

@@AntoniosReformation your right about that my friend!

[@makemoola5145]

Bro this video years old lmao

[@guts2112]

The mother speaks better English than most Americans.

[@liamhaines4573]

Are you on broncleer?

[@HI-ow3ce]

@@liamhaines4573 well yeah ithink he's a little bit right and wrong some americans when they speak English I can't even understand them

[@bullet8940]

@@liamhaines4573 💀😂😂😂 i love you bro

[@Balmain_jacket]

You joking?

[@tommyn3522]

english is a widely spoken language in zimbabwe, most can speak english as it’s taught in schools and used in business

[@Max-vf9en]

Why would you not show his Artist name so everyone can listen to his music. I genually want to hear it

[@benimcanm351]

@d0z3rr You got his point.

[@seanmcnamara5938]

@d0z3rrYou're so smart!

[@zim-digitalmarketingstrategist]

Search General Chicha on KZbin. Im Zimbabwean Ghetto Yutt straight. Shit on this post over rated.

[@extjayden9300]

@Black Casper your name is killing me lol

[@devinkk]

because Vice doesn't care

[@joryourbae0104]

“We don’t give a DAMN about THEM” Straight up rap bar

[@mobilegames3369]

But I’ll bet there’s not one Cough in the entire country

[@lester7958]

corona will not go there

[@dextalee5458]

No cough means addiction which leads to generational lost..they want us dead period

[@kforkidd8677]

💀

[@sade1.0n.18]

No just getting high and having function issue 😂😇

[@joeniven2610]

Im dying rn😂

[@TheBIGJake111]

90% without formal employment. It sounds like there are massive barriers to forming legitimate contracts.

[@verybarebones]

To forming contracts in general. It's not that they're getting paid under the table, those kids have no jobs at all. It's hard to attract investments in a region that has been unstable for a long time, and without economic activity theres no jobs

[@bendmall4341]

They need to find a way to make themselves happy and regain their original self worth too. That may include their Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Government or not. Something will have to give and it may be the Government giving to its people?!

[@User-nu6km]

@Karate Guy singapore got better when the whites left

[@Sakattack2023]

Rhodesia knows why.

[@Sakattack2023]

@@bendmall4341 what’s with all you morons in the world thinking the government can or even should fix shit.

[@TQWRLD4L]

Where is the kids music i wanna support him so he doesnt fall back into that lifestyle

[@curtiskennedy3761]

Yeah sounds like Kendrick..

[@jimmydonaldson9128]

find it?

[@NieRamen]

go find it yourself if you care that much

[@TQWRLD4L]

@@NieRamen someone always negative if u have so much time to post shit like this help everyone else

[@TQWRLD4L]

@@jimmydonaldson9128 no sorry

[@cadeb3352]

6:22 man almost fucking dies by car LMAO

[@kczingx1992]

Just another day in the cbd, it's the norm here

[@lordbenito007]

Plot twist: if no one coughs. No virus spreads, and it's the end of covid

[@TheSpears-on7qq]

Zimbabwe has been preparing for 40 years!

[@lordbenito007]

LOL

[@DudeGuy-zt9eg]

Zimbabwe playin chess we playin checkers😂🤣🤣😂🤣

[@cv-zx5el]

Old ass episode...its a repost

[@lordbenito007]

@Starr Child omg I thought it would help :(,

[@blck9490]

"De javu, i see this video before "

[@kbayj]

Yes. I seen this like 2 years ago. Maybe shorter or longer. Not sure. COVID-19 got me not caring about what day it is.

[@wilmanchrty3406]

Makes you ask why this depiction is so important.

[@TortlOdum]

Yeah same, it feels like they reuploaded this to seam more up to date

[@shenglongisback4688]

I thought so tis old

[@franciscobravo9910]

It’s an old video lol

[@little.wing.]

>"if you are a drug user you are a criminal and should be sent to jail" >rehabilitation not available in jail >the war on drugs...

[@madmoench]

@@shoban Sure. You guys just upped the game to fentanyl wich is magnitudes stronger than heroin. But keep telling yourself sweet lies. Systemic abuse of Opioids is harder to tackle than just legalizing weed.

[@averageillegalmemesdealer]

​@@madmoench Still a step in the right direction though, don't you think?

[@mikesully110]

@@averageillegalmemesdealer yeah at least they made some positive moves. Maybe in 10 years we might see legally prescribed oxy/hydromorphone for addicts so they can at least get a stable supply of known good gear, rather than playing Russian Roulette with pressed fent and dying in their thousands.

[@mikesully110]

@Dean Timberlake He did not say that...

[@little.wing.]

@@mikesully110 let him go bro, just let him go 🤣

[@bonnie3232]

I love absolutely live his mothers accent. God bless her and family.

[@oli2796]

who asked?

[@priyanujbora1642]

@@oli2796 who asked you to reply?

[@oli2796]

@@priyanujbora1642 shut up

[@danti9991]

“My generation sippin' cough syrup like its water” - Kendrick Lamar

[@kingflicky1934]

And Kendrick Lamar is 32 years old, but I promise you the millennial generation has done much more then just cough syrup some of them were born in the 1980s crack ephedemic

[@pop-shot-rico6]

@@Julian-fy6si imagine that’s a guy😂

[@danti9991]

@@Julian-fy6si lol thx it's not me, it's Jennie from blackpink 😂

[@danti9991]

@@pop-shot-rico6 im a girl 🥺

[@dick8997]

Because of his shitty ass rapper peers glorifying it ironically

[@sidarthrai2874]

"If they come we give them two bottles they go away" 😂😂tf

[@jaykiller4510]

In america u.go.to.jail they steal half.ur stash and cash and book u on the rest.

[@sidarthrai2874]

@@jaykiller4510 lol

[@ethancryder8570]

@@jaykiller4510 fuckin true😂😂😂

[@vicarious8552]

Ezed

[@detroitbecomedefective2762]

damn... In south africa its legal so I we don't have that problem. like one day I saw a bunch of freakin 6 year olds huddled up drinking codeine

[@jt-gk9dl]

"this is my my ghetto" "this is some of my ghetto youths"

[@cosmicj5284]

It took me a moment to realize that this video wasn’t filmed in LA

[@taniamarie2486]

🤭

[@stevelooong]

poor guys. if I wouldn't have a job for 2 years, my head would also go crazy. I feel them :(

[@XhosaShinobi01]

was without work for only 8 months and I felt like I was going crazy.. the mental toll is honestly the worst part.

[@kundaimazarura367]

I almost went crazy rbo...I graduated with honours bro.. No job for almost 3 years..got blessed with a hob last week.. It's crazy here

[@bigshaq2598]

Facts man it’s tough

[@barringtonmorris90]

Rewrite that g

[@scr3am273]

@@kundaimazarura367 what country do you live in? I graduated with Honours a week ago,

[@MagnusD]

BronCleer producer: Yeah, we investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong. *swims away in money*

[@MCHD4]

Exactly my thoughts, no way a corporation will pass such big fat profits.

[@funyuns1575]

It’s almost as if you can’t centrally plan the behaviour of millions of people

[@daveydmur]

People who want to get high are going to get high.

[@Evolmusicinc]

😞😞

[@funyuns1575]

@Aaron *Communism. (The goal of socialism is communism)

[@MrPezdispencer]

I'm surprised that a town named Marlborough would have problems with addiction. Who woulda thought

[@darkages9507]

"I got me a friend at last He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie His name's Codeine He's the nicest thing I've seen." RIP TvZ

[@kaanyt5726]

who is tvz

[@youwantshumshun.2867]

@@kaanyt5726 some gay codeine drinking rapper probs

[@salima7314]

Woah the mother of the first kid,she gave so strong vibes,love how she speak

[@akj3344]

Yep. Strong woman figure that boy has got.

[@nathanwalker7634]

She’s doesent work but can put her children in boarding school

[@delightk]

@@nathanwalker7634 There's not a lot of work, what do you want them to do?

[@aloha-8203]

Nathan walker She doesn’t work because there are hardly any jobs they said 90% of the population is unemployed

[@tomservo5007]

@@aloha-8203 she has 5 kids and doesn't work , how can she pay for boarding school ? Something is not adding up.

[@edgara7805]

“If a man doesn’t have sauce then he’s lost. But the same man can get lost in the sauce.” -Gucci Mane

[@craigjamaljohnson]

facccs

[@zinitevioki9015]

I Want to fly Awaay, I want to FLYYYYY Awaaaay YAAAAY!

[@giveittomebaybe5112]

Trooof

[@808nuna_ishere]

what a clown

[@erikcasanas2646]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Pdubya69GS]

Vice could've legit filmed this piece in the United States and found the same characters in some cities out here

[@bartoszjanprzybyszewski1891]

0:43 man sounds like kendrick

[@Atrain122112]

Breaking: Future and Lil Wayne have moved to Zimbabwe

[@killshot1601]

Juice wrld as well

[@KING__Videos]

@@killshot1601 rip juice

[@Atrain122112]

@@killshot1601 rip

[@NastyAngel]

holy shit

[@youngxo98]

Lol

[@salimrai5943]

Meanwhile people on tiktok, "Off the juice, codeine got me tripping."

[@Naisy77]

Yooo....

[@k.c4178]

I just got that uglass song out of my head 😂😂

[@salimrai5943]

Yup catchy AF

[@TheEd1225]

ICE...

[@xxstantvxx]

Dropped the coupe, drop top roof is missin 🎶🔥

[@loonaistheworld9292]

Everybody is gangsta, until someone pull out the cough syrup

[@Kushcloudzz]

Lmaoo then they like crack fiends x2 almost idk why tbh I feel like the phemagren makes you itcch too bad but naww codeine just does that oxy is the REAL PROBLEM FENTANYL IS THE REAL PROBLEM THIS this isn’t much..

[@Kushcloudzz]

Compared to fentanyl at least fml wish I had some but I’m sipping oxy w phenagran make me itch more need place to buy codeine it isn’t illegal if I go get it?

[@Kushcloudzz]

It never ends it’s just something I have to work with and taking drugs away doesn’t let me work AT ALL WHEN I FINALLY AFTER SURGERY GOT ON SUBS I FELT NORNAL I NEVER FELT NORMAL BEFORE again I know this is addiction but it might not be ibs is something more than JUST IBS NOW I KNOW goddamn been begging for help people and life can be so fucking annoying at least I’m some what okah now I just honestly wish GOV wasn’t trying to kill us for $

[@vendetta7101]

So sad..I have close family members who do this back in Zim and it really does mess you up mentally and physically.

[@Nick-ti4ip]

Like prophet Guccious once said: "If a man does not have sauce, he is lost. But a man also can be lost in the sauce."

[@glitchmanshandle]

Can I have the sauce?

[@-Oclock]

going to hell for that one bro

[@Juu-et4pm]

Who is Guccious?

[@Nick-ti4ip]

@@Juu-et4pm gucci mane, the man himself

[@Hamdoe]

Praise Gucci 🙏

[@jaakkid]

"We give them drugs so they forget to take other drugs" Zimbabwe's anti-drug treatment

[@VinylUnboxings]

That's not that different than "modern" programs

[@jessicajones2419]

Modern problems require modern solutions man

[@jaakkid]

@@VinylUnboxings I know, but the way she said it was just very amusing, boiled down it does come to that

[@cardinalwilson8034]

believe be this is better than meth or cocain. although marijuana is a better alternative.

[@thedonald1652]

@@cardinalwilson8034 in moderation it won't fuck up your health. Then again, i knew methhead body builder who you wouldn't of guessed on tweek..it all depends on the persons control over the drug. And not letting the drug contorl you

[@MOZA682]

idk why but hearing the mother speaking english clearly with that accent is oddly satisfying

[@tima.478]

*6:44* "some of them cannot afford to go to colleges!" WTF, looks like none of them can afford to go any where...

[@o.eax07]

sadly :/

[@tropico4008]

This is a repost they reported this a year ago

[@vuldren1957]

And now I’m here thinking Vice actually made a good news story for once.

[@adamaguirre5089]

Slow year at vice im guessing

[@supergroovalistic1]

Still lols though

[@supercarnitas]

@@vuldren1957 it was made a year ago what’s the difference? You parroting other vice commenters

[@vuldren1957]

@@supercarnitas I’m not I’ve literally watched this before, I was unsure in till I read multiple comments saying this is a reupload, Vice doesn’t make as many good stories as they did back then.

[@BDAKs24]

Legend says man hasn’t coughed in two years

[@pinkkiarri]

Lol

[@abegaz9582]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KTkJKNgNWZaNU

[@laylolireesesq4787]

Everyone in this film had such gorgeous features 🥺

[@isaiah7871]

Thank You for reporting this.

[@justinjackson2480]

When the white in people’s eyes turn brown, it means there liver is failing

[@RENO_K]

Yep, if it's bad enough your gut will necrose before your liver fail

[@THEDONSTR8Fightah76]

No, it means they’re really black. Like African. I was referring to “melanin”. That’s the yellow I see in black people’s eyes. Also, stop taking this personally. Today people are so fragile and sensitive.

[@XavierXe]

The beginning is yellowish colour of eyes

[@bam1860]

@@THEDONSTR8Fightah76 bruh

[@calennosliw3669]

@@THEDONSTR8Fightah76 Shut your dumb ass up

[@aaronbraun841]

That mother was very intelligent. Hope she is well.

[@alanswisha4855]

Agreed kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpXMqo2ZgZekjdE

[@John-Doe-Yo]

@@alanswisha4855 wow

[@Holland1994D]

5 kids with no work, yeah that is smart.

[@robynbartlewski6204]

@@alanswisha4855 trash song

[@neojng]

90% of the country has no work the 10% that do won't be the smartest either.

[@quite1enough]

Sadly, there was similar cases in Russia with varieties of cough syrups, but most infamous with Tussin Plus

[@spwicks1980]

Yeah, that stuff, dextro morphan i believe is hallucenogenic in high doses. Just as bad as codeine really.

[@mikesully110]

@@spwicks1980 codeine is a lot more addictive than DXM, but DXM will "fuck you up" more. The Russians however were making Krokodil which is (desomorphine) a much stronger opiate, so they were getting as high as they would on Heroin. Unfortunately impurities in the refining process made Krokodil users limbs rot off.

[@jacquesmains7453]

This time in history is so amazing, in that you can get a glimpse like this into realities like these.

[@raymondo162]

..............and it's even more amazing that in this day and age this is actual life for sooooo many people. squalid conditions for soooo many people worldwide. where did humanity go wrong?

[@0v1d1usss]

For sure no one is coughing there !

[@lordbenito007]

No coronavirus

[@mr-yl8oq]

That’s a fact

[@SolidDragonUK]

Lmao

[@tiffanylatoya]

😬

[@HappinessOrDeath]

Okae that was funny hahahah

[@thee_jetsetter208]

“When I met codeine it was love at first Sprite” ~lil Wayne~

[@benjaminmorris5182]

@Arin Lewis the best

[@tahjayulett8001]

Yaad man salute

[@sleepydoe]

Ah yes the same things that are killing Africans are the subject of musical romanticization by African Americans

[@bruh......2005]

Ngl, that's a pretty good wordplay

[@dangle4641]

@@youngt-roy8211 allowed*. Seems like all the codeine is fucking with your ability to think. Maybe hop off it for a bit

[@Geoff_G]

I first heard about cough syrup as a drug when I read Jim Carrol's book the Basketball Diaries and he told of how they would go on "a codeine nod". It was big in New York in the early to mid 70's.

[@jordansmith5478]

I almost threw up after watching this, I can't imagine drinking any more than a tablespoon of this stuff.

[@EazyDuz18]

pussy

[@mylastaccountgotbanned2393]

@@EazyDuz18 lol

[@lifewithmason5129]

@@EazyDuz18 no u

[@EazyDuz18]

@@lifewithmason5129 u

[@originalMissV]

I swear to god🤮

[@dwightyawg7781]

Damn this is sad. I’m rooting for the young man writing music who wants to be an inspiration

[@blopp6240]

@straightfromdamoon you are trying to start argument for no reason . that is so sad

[@HarshPatel-ur2mf]

@straightfromdamoon Well done, that reason was complete horse shit

[@noumenondrift2522]

@straightfromdamoon you're fucking TOXIC. Check yourself

[@Evolmusicinc]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@andrewahreashyr]

@straightfromdamoon i can tell you’ve never been loved lol

[@larrymccuen7373]

"we give them diazepam and they forget to take drugs" LOL

[@mOnika-pt6vk]

Ridiculous. I wonder if those people are aware of the dangers of benzos. 😒

[@704trpr2]

I need to go to Zimbabwe for some time lol free drugs

[@fucksusan.fuckcensorship.874]

smh diazepam is valium. same class of drugs as xanax.

[@fucksusan.fuckcensorship.874]

neither addiction is good to have but opiate addiction would be safer, cause benzo dependency withdraws can kill you.

[@panzervorigi8341]

@@fucksusan.fuckcensorship.874 Wrong. Vallium is tame compare to opiates

[@humanbeing4368]

So impressed at how articulate they all are with or without BronCleer.

[@taylord9379]

Huh??

[@unbreakable7154]

Love your family, work super hard, live your passion

[@CatfishBradley]

2020- Everyone is addicted to cough syrup 2021- Zimbabwe has 0% covid-19 transmission rate

[@DrRuhe]

do you mean that taking broncleer won't get u corona?? omggg why no politician thought of that, idiots

[@joem860]

makes you wonder???

[@jaidenbal7273]

JOE M no it doesn’t, africa is dealing with covid so well because they are used to dealing with many epidemics, and their people aren’t selfish and they actually pay attention to how to stop the virus

[@joem860]

@@jaidenbal7273 thats excellent. i wasnt attacking the country. im just questioning the official narrative 🙂

[@user-qb4on2qm7z]

@@jaidenbal7273 Its because africa doesnt give a fuck. If I lived in a place where I can get ebola or some fucked up disease why would i be scared of covid?

[@hustlewestbrook9197]

I wonder if this is the generation grew up listening to Lil Wayne

[@bxnkilla9680]

lil Wayne-misunderstood, don’t slander weezy

[@sirsmiles5132]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1600LS]

Ded💀

[@depressedglub32]

Ah yes the old "Do cough syrup or we won't play with you" line, works everytime.

[@fosknine9]

Here in the USA I remember in the early 1970's taking Vicks 44 cough syrup and back then it had codeine in it and it was just a regular over-the-counter cough medicine and anyone could buy as much as they wanted and I remember taking it one time and realizing it made me high. It wasn't long after that the gov't banned it's use in all over-the-counter medicines and it then became a prescription-only drug.

[@alwayzdolo]

Damn man addiction is one of the hardest battles someone can go through in life

[@fleabagnails]

I'm really proud of the boy in this interview who found a way to get out of his addiction. I hope for nothing but an answer for them to get the political help they need

[@ShaunMiddletonHorror]

I love VICE documentaries I find them so interesting

[@vavabody]

Moving to Zimbabwe.. Been looking for a cheap drug for years.. Thank you Vice.

[@DaGreenMarshmello]

0:43 Genuinely thought a Kendrick Lamar song was starting up...

[@northendtony1]

Fr

[@yibanathisam8770]

😂😂

[@killerbee16]

My mans got the voice

[@jerni1683]

SAMEE😭💀💀

[@jerni1683]

@@killerbee16 Frr

[@solaris218]

The kid's answer to how he stopped taking drugs is really interesting. He didn't go to any rehabilitation, he simply found a purpose that stimulates him more than drugs and changed his environment (I.E getting rid of his bad friends).

[@andreciagl]

These documentaries are just 💔😭

[@krost86]

Never heard about this cough syrup thing before, gonna try it now. Thanks, Vice!

[@npc-li5ci]

xD

[@conceretejungle1150]

lol

[@rakilkeys]

If we’re able to see any of kuzivakwashe’s music then we owe him support🙏🏿 9:52

[@jaedonmartinez9907]

I really want to support him

[@worldonfire128]

This documentary is a reupload from 2018 there never showed any music

[@elinawitbooi3150]

In South Africa its exactly like this. After school they sit at parking lot and libraries and drink this. It's so bad.💔

[@djaftermath4313]

This was an underground thing back in the 70's. Then DJ Screw here in Houston brought its popularity back in the mid 90s and beyond. Now its way over in Africa?? Get off that stuff. Does bad stuff to your bodies. Drink water or natural juices instead. Sad story indeed.

[@jaydm8089]

@@djaftermath4313 it is what it is bro some people drink water or liquor, we sip big Moe 🤷‍♂️ sometimes we just want time to go by slow or as the saying goes "to each their own" (also I didn't mean to make this rhyme it just kinda happened 😅 )

[@yunggooch1938]

Tell them to mix it with sprite

[@antonb6196]

Why is this company still producing this then they could save so many people, but they prefer earning money or what

[@wyattsullivan1409]

@@djaftermath4313 no shit

[@Ninawena]

Vice finds the craziest unknown random news stories

[@junmicheletti7834]

Vice is back babyyyyyy

[@rockking8210]

Actually they were preparing themselves for corona

[@anhz52]

💀💀💀💀

[@jvlivsor]

At least they won't catch a flu 😒😒😒🤣🤣

[@mattfromswitchsports9679]

No coffing for them

[@ballllllder2]

😂😂😂

[@treytoomuch]

Idiot

[@kaijutraps]

Did that lady seriously suggest getting people off opiates by making them black out on benzos till they forget they were addicted?

[@lainchloe9622]

I think there’s a in real method to get you to forget to want the drug not that you’re addicted it’s also like 2 days of intense pain and toment it’s a cheap way to get fixed...instead of geting off it normally it’s fucked but it’s sleeping it off basically then waking up in no need of the drug or that’s the idea

[@joshmayes1538]

@@lainchloe9622 that is SUPER risky, benzos are dangerous, and trust me, is not the way to go

[@zoiperi4782]

@@joshmayes1538 lmao opioids are more dangerious than benzos have you ever taken drugs

[@marcobarrueta3409]

@@zoiperi4782 are you gatekeeping being a crackhead?

[@buckfuttler2877]

@@zoiperi4782 benzos are so much worse for you. ive taken both. lots.

[@392JoeSlaney]

these guys are verbally technical in detail the way they feel about this drug.

[@burhananshori261]

On east java Indonesia, youngster take the "Komix Syrup" for high

[@treyebk]

It's true I had experience to see when my friends did it They swallow the hole pack easily

[@ThatCatty]

Ok, but HOW? I mean, how's that even possible? Mix with coffee maybe?

[@treyebk]

@@ThatCatty it's a syrup so they just drink it and sometimes they take the drugs to like a pills maybe

[@voxirie7333]

"If you ask a child, he or she will tell you that this is Broncleer." Bottle: *Says Broncleer*

[@yani2499]

He's talking about the exposure of drugs that CHILDREN shouldn't know about in the first place.

[@truthbtoldwright6411]

@@yani2499 Lol, some people are just slow but, they think they are clever.😅

[@voxirie7333]

@@truthbtoldwright6411 and some don't have a sense of humor.

[@jeremiamusikinya5242]

Basically they can't read

[@michaelpoo6191]

@@voxirie7333 yea

[@ZachBelcher94]

"give them diazepam so they don't have to take drugs" sound logic.

[@jvmartiniano]

🤣🤣🤣 they only said the name diazepam cos they knew the reality was... give them drugs so they dont have to take drugs

[@Isa-qh3ue]

Diazepam withdrawal is worse you can die from it but you can’t die from opiate withdrawal

[@alexfletcher8465]

hey guys she says thats a bad idea and that approach from pysch system doesnt work

[@svenhoff2653]

Yeah sure that sounds like a good idea. Hook them on benzodiazepine instead of codein. The benzodiazepine withdrawal is even worse than codein withdrawal. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2i3k3lso5mdf5I)

[@ronniemiller3568]

Valium's even worse

[@dmi122]

3:22 “this Is my ghetto”🤣

[@roland3104]

Wow, a good Vice doc.

[@strafe7642]

istg that man sounds like Kendrick Lamar when he’s singing his song

[@Partheseus]

I thought the same!

[@___dendy6636]

it has the similiar flow like dna too

[@rikoryzon6533]

Faxx yo

[@DavidB-qn7ii]

Can someone link his music

[@NemzyOG]

I was looking for that comment 😂😂😂

[@xy1odrone]

Well, I didn't see anyone of them cough. At least this thing is working.

[@bio5612]

Cant cough when you are dead.

[@cane870]

@@bio5612 does what it says it does haha

[@ocelotmadness6287]

I feel bad for laughing

[@cadencold5055]

Published in 2019

[@toh6261]

@@alexalfheimr It was a pretty funny joke tho. You gotta admit.

[@moorikhydem7589]

It’s even sad to say that this addiction in syrup is spreading across India as well .God save the younger generation 🙏🏻

[@bennettbrunner6692]

this is a great video

[@tanita6234]

They just want jobs, wtf is the government doing? I hate here

[@bryantnojang709]

Have u been there?

[@user-on8vk5gb6x]

@@bryantnojang709 ''i hate here"' i guess he is living in There

[@brownie6933]

@@bryantnojang709 are you dumb

[@MisterJones314]

@Dick EnAss how was it better for Black citizens when the white supremacists ran Zimbabwe or any part of Africa for that matter? Cecil Rhodes, a white supremacist of English descent, and at least 13 other white supremacists ran European nations used military force to divide Africa into political territories in the late 19th century well into the 20th with the purpose to exploit ALL of Africa for it’s raw materials. Instead of keeping a white as the face of the carnage, the white supremacists installed puppet leaders in the 1930-60s and declared these countries as “independent.” The European white supremacists hand picked these puppet leaders which is how each of these countries still accepts billions in raw material resources as tax tribute to this day. Mugabe and Gaddafi, are just some that resisted white supremacist direct rule and are/were labeled as ruthless warlords or dictators for it. Mugabe’s ONLY mistake was thinking that Chinese would help create jobs for Zimbabweans which has now led to complete Chinese rule in Zimbabwe since his unfortunate death.

[@shurik3nz346]

Mister Jones , because they didn’t make it a shithole, these guys need to improve their economic system. The whites had a better economic system

[@doublebread2218]

Problem: opiates Solution: mass amounts of benzodiazipen...talk about throwing gas on a fire.

[@chance8138]

fr take their drank, give em bars

[@ChodeMaster]

@@chance8138 yeah until the withdrawal kills them. Enjoy your alzheimers at age 40 lmao.

[@RAEJDER]

@@chance8138 Could you type that in English?

[@chance8138]

@@RAEJDER how can you not understand what i just said lol. it’s typical slang

[@RAEJDER]

@@chance8138 yes it might be slang, but Im not familiar with it. English is not my native tounge

[@afc358]

I was prescribed a course of Dihydrocodeine after an operation. I would happily go through all the pain and trauma again for another course of Dihydrocodeine.... Man that's some drug.

[@ryvr.]

omg my heart breaks like i’m just speechless even

[@tescopiwo]

Dudes litteraly drink the lean straight out the pint, no soda lol raw Follow my ig : liammtz 😂

[@active507shorts]

i don’t even think they got soda out there 😂😂

[@928_tyler]

@@active507shorts eeee🤣🤣

[@laxiezw]

@@active507shorts well, we have.

[@Theone10000]

@@active507shorts nigga they have everything you have wherever you are it’s just not a necessity so they leave it out

[@dezcaughtit316]

Facts ...tearing they liver up but they saving they teeth

[@rawsongates5375]

They didnt even plug my mans music im tryna find that 💯

[@DavidB-qn7ii]

Trust me! Post the link if you got it ppl

[@iTzKlipa]

fr fr

[@agathealexandre7912]

@Infinite Revery the mom literally talked about her cellphone and laptop but pop off king. ofc they have internet

[@floralbeautyful]

@Infinite Revery shut up you idiot

[@syxx242]

here in Houston we call it "Purple Stuff"

[@timsherbert3451]

wocky slussshhh