Is the Netherlands Turning Into a Narco-State? | The War on Drugs

[@VICE]

Next up on The War on Drugs Show, we look at why Portugal decriminalized all drugs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5W4ZqyfgKekec0

[@Dauphinthegreat]

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[@markdona25]

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[@moussi22]

Good video but background music didn't fit at all.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

Look at who Frank Mathews is/ was...

[@sibob0612]

"Is the Netherlands the first Narco State in Europe?" - later they say Albania is a Narco State🤦‍♂️

[@patson420]

Its Vice ma men, let them have one, enjoyed the 10 minutes anyway. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤙🏽

[@oro7114]

GrimReaper GrimReaper love that

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@olliepopAMV]

Eastern Europe is very different from Northern Europe

[@theshqiptari8825]

Um Albania is thro

[@IDprovide]

Been loving all the drug series on the channel for years!

[@NiePieerdol]

Been loving drugs for years!

[@Pllayer064]

Been loving for years!

[@Didnt_ask69]

Junkie section

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@Leveezy]

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[@brixhaven1196]

Weed doesn’t belong on a list with those hard drugs. Rescheduling is long OVERDUE.

[@Nene_760]

I know right ! But you gonna have those idiots saying "but it's a gateway drug" bullshit.

[@Ultrameowmeow]

Ending Nixon's Controlled Substances Act is long overdue.. The only way to "win" the war on drugs is to legalize, regulate, provide safe supply and treatment options

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

Typical junkie comment. "MuH wEeD" 🤦‍♂️

[@Ultrameowmeow]

Chris Watts murdered his wife and two beautiful kids. He’s not a “Karen slayer.” How disrespectful and awful. There’s nothing funny or cool about it.

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

@@Ultrameowmeow Would it have made a difference if he murdered his "ugly" daughters? Are you done being faux outraged now?

[@baller128k]

loving these new drug docs you guys been making with this new guy whos pretty chill, please make more and longer ones please

[@spraakkanon]

Politically the country has brushes with both the far right and the far left, not only the right.

[@antoniorebelo9497]

"We would like to congratulate drugs, for winning the war on drugs" lmao

[@KarlSnarks]

That's exactly it. on the long run, it's almost impossible to win the war on such a popular product, unless you legalize it and by doing so take power out of the hands of criminals.

[@BalboaBaggins]

War on drugs was never meant to be won but to gain money.

[@nickn2794]

@@BalboaBaggins EXACTLY!!! Also for imperialistic reasons, to increase the political influence and grip over states like Mexico etc. and destabilization of black people and minorities in USA and other states. If it was never meant to be won, of course it didn't work. Imagine a car that isn't built to work but to have a nice design. That doesn't mean you have to change and use horses, make the car better.

[@nickn2794]

@@KarlSnarks Actually Portugal did it without legalization but with decriminalization only, people found with drugs were sent to rehab and they improved education a lot. Consume didn't totally disappear but it was reduced by a lot. Also, if the State doesn't work on the social causes for which people join gangs and take drugs (poverty, mental illness, etc.) mafia will never ever disappear, no matter what. But for a State that can't solve its problems, it's easier to legalize taboo substances than working seriously on poverty, healthcare, minorities.

[@KarlSnarks]

@@nickn2794 Oh yeah absolutely, Portugal is a good example of a drug policy that works well in fighting addiction. Treating addiction as a disease and not as a crime is an important part of the solution, and prevention, education and welfare are all part of a holistic approach, I'm not denying that. As I understand it, recreational (non-addicted) use did not change much in Portugal, though maybe something changed in the previous years? I think some recreational drug use will always exist because people are curious and pleasure/experience-seeking. Taking it away from the black market will ensure a clean product with added safety-information on the container, excise tax can be used to pay for education and rehab, and we'd need less police.

[@FingeringThings]

El van der Chapo

[@philjones6617]

Goeie!

[@Samuel-bp6mc]

Hahahaha gast

[@markdona25]

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[@DannyMacDJ]

El der chappo van brokedown!

[@tjraider97]

@@markdona25 how legit is it?

[@Theawesomefacedgamer]

"Europes first narco state" have u never heard of Albania? Lmaooo.

[@speckledjim_]

Part of Europe?

[@NuKaxColax]

Mitch Mckenzie yes

[@Ksilence]

Media only calls western europe as europe. The rest is russia to them

[@henrytenden]

@Aki Cole Netherlands is holland dumbass.. Lol

[@nhoe9288]

They mention that Albania is a narco state

[@htmlnkp]

While the things covered in this video are a problem in the netherlands for sure, calling us a narco state is blowing things out of proportion by more than a bit.

[@mquiroz450]

this don’t happen in the good ol USA 🇺🇸! Haha f*%k europe lmao!!! TRUMP 2020

[@-----hk6jj]

@@mquiroz450 aren't you attached to a Narco State ?

[@UMadBro13]

@@mquiroz450 please say sike lmao we have a whole ass opioid epidemic going on here you nitwit

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@germanr6201]

Anyone who isn’t of “1st world” it’s used to worst things that 1 man killed by a drug mafia, it’s a big overreaction of society’s that not know what’s really insecurity and crime, I’m not saying it in a bad way, but it looks more like the start of a manipulation campaign by over reacting the facts, that a true narco state problem

[@vaxick]

That torture chamber sounds absolutely terrifying.

[@TheAudiophile81]

We got few of them lol...

[@albyshinyfield8841]

It’s sad people will think they’re so good as to torture others

[@the_local_bigamist]

They are everywhere. Sometimes its just a room in a normal council flat in a city which has been lined with plastic and some nasty bastard will be making small cuts on a person's body and pouring salt in the wounds for a minor transgression. And no one will say anything because whatever OCG runs the area has it locked down. Imagine the ones that aren't known to anyone close to it and exist at higher levels, where the crooks enjoy friendly relationships with law enforcement? I have enjoyed this series for shining a light on the failures of the "war on drugs" and as they have pointed out, it is a war on people. However, it barely scratches the surface. The City of London (not "Greater London" but the Square Mile where all the yuppies knock about) washes £billions, a decent percentage of it being drug money. We hear about some OCG getting taken down for moving kilos, especially after Encrochat, but can you imagine what happens up the ladder? It is known that many construction projects (as well as any other profitable investments) will have some dirty money put into them. Imagine someone elected to office or even in a cabinet invested in that firm, this means that they are profiting from drug money, as well as other dirty money: the three most profitable black market commodities internationally are drugs, guns and human beings. This money generates billions and filters back into the "legal" financial system. It also pays police, intelligence, prisons, lawyers, judges, investors and so many more. If a nation state has a lot of drug use, then any of them could be considered "narco states". It just depends on how well this corruption is hidden.

[@Ari--d]

Step 1: legalize drugs Step 2: no more secrecy. Someone steals your stuff you can just go to the cops or sue them.

[@dustyowl99]

its totally that simple right...

[@Lokeso]

The only people that are against legalization are the ones that never did drugs and drug dealers. Don't be a fool, politicians fit in pockets.

[@leewarren135]

It does seem to make sense to legalise drugs. But what would life really be like with legal Fentanyl crack meth etc? The only way to find the it I guess is to try but it does look a bit risky?...

[@stevonico]

Step 3: Profit

[@markhaldane.9820]

All that money from drugs going into governments instead of dealers pockets. The world would be better off financially and realistically people are either going to take drugs or they're not so the average Joe Public isn't gonna see a difference but the users will benefit from cleaner cheaper drugs and it should reduce things like gang killings, kidnapping and that type of crime related to drug transport and manufacture. It's a win win 🙌

[@r2stik]

most important is knowledge how to use drugs without harming yourself and others.

[@rozthomas16]

all the headshops in Amsterdam sell testing kits for almost all the drugs ya want, and theirs probably a headshop every 2 minutes so its relatively safe compared to buying CLASS A's in other foreign countries.

[@finessum2timez]

@@rozthomas16 Thast fuckin awesome actually. Wish we had that where I'm at.

[@rozthomas16]

the best thing about the headshops are their Magic truffles (legal psychedelic) same thing as shrooms basically, really good for a first timer trying psychedelics as you can also buy trip stoppers (small pill) which stops the trip.

[@howey935]

@@rozthomas16 you can still get mushrooms if you know how to ask for them. Next time you're there go in a head shop and ask if they have magic mushrooms. When they say no only truffles say oh i remember the times you could get dried or fresh, i really wanted mushrooms not truffles so i dont think ill bother. If you say that i bet they'll tell you they still sell dried mushrooms but that you cant tell anyone. I was there for new year and we got magic mushrooms from the first head shop we tried. Give it a go i bet youll be suprised.

[@rozthomas16]

@@howey935 ill have to give that a try mate thanks! tbh the main difference iv found between shrooms and truffles is that; the effect doesn't last as long, they taste worse as their harder to eat, and you gotta eat a lot more. But effect wise identical as long as you eat a lot of truffles.

[@stonedsnakestudios]

The reason that the Netherlands is so much in the news right now, is because all this brazen violence is very new, and thus very shocking. AFAIK, the disappearance of Willem Holleeder (the former kingpin) left a big vacuum that was filled by the Mocra Mafia. They have a very different, much more agressive and violent style of handling business. That new style obviously get much more attention and especially (in my opinion really dumb and counterproductive) attacks on news outlets makes it that EVERYONES attention is focused on you. And thus now the kingspins are captured, since the Dutch police is actually pretty competent. In short; the Netherlands isnt a narco state. And if we keep our eyes open it wont quickly turn into one either,.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

American police are amazing, given a just agenda. It's mainly that America is the center of the universe, and we have strong cultural values. I.e. racism or whatever it is, is still kind of an issue. But the media to include VICE, only concentrate on the bad, as if it's the only thing that exists. Right up until the next hit for views comes along. America- land of entitlement, convenience, and suffering.

[@Richiebitchiesexyshmexy]

Teddy Flood lmaoo you must be trolling 😂😂

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

in euphoria fromurbittch sucking madickis all, honestly. She told me she's saving my seed for when she kisses you later.

[@an0maly5k27]

Legalize all drugs and get the government to start producing and undercutting the druglords, even if it's at a considerable loss. Make drugs free. Create a free support infrastructure for addicts. Tada! Just like that, goodbye crimelords. The solution is simple. It's the politics that are complicated. Legitimate people in places of power (politicians, business owners, prisons, lawyers, police, military, charities, churches, everyday people who don't want to pay into social programs etc) have vested interests in ilegal activity. They're the ones protecting the criminals. It's like this across the globe in all nations. This isn't a difficult problem to solve. It's just people being greedy assholes.

[@cesarheuvelmans]

@@replynotificationsdisabled how is that related to their comment?🤔

[@micah1309]

u said yourself.. if Albania is a narco-state, wouldn't that make holland the second lol

[@liIdecky]

No Kkcap he said „Is the Netherlands EUROPE‘S first Narco State?“ not „the EU‘s first Narco State“...

[@maarten9844]

Lovecraft u smoking rn?

[@Lajosen]

@Lovecraft Wish we could leave this trash union

[@Alexfromthe6]

What about Armenia then lol ?

[@kostam.1113]

@@Alexfromthe6 Armenia is not a narco state Also its not even in Europe

[@rvanderkaap]

Crime journalist Peter R. de Vries was gunned down in the centre of Amsterdam and died days later in the hospital. He was by far the number 1 crime journalist in the Netherlands. He also was a working on the defense team for Nabil B. Two suspects are in costody and are very likely the purpotrators, since the were caught soon after and were followed by camera's all the way from the crime scene until they were arrested. Peter R. de Vries, another victim of the war on drugs.

[@wwondertwin]

The recent torture chambers that were found were pretty interesting, too. Torture chambers in shipping containers plus police uniforms.

[@geddon436]

That was interesting.

[@makeingmillionsgta8948]

Can't wait for the next holiday to Netherlands

[@droptak]

Imagine living here

[@droptak]

@@yamyite what did you do?

[@thibautmodrzyk6292]

Leaving tomorrow for Amsterdam!

[@k-studio8112]

Hold up.....Wait a minute

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

It is completely safe

[@tech1238]

7:52 dudes casually making drugs while producing lit beats on his macbook 😂

[@likemau55master38]

Music scene in many places is exactly like this, producing beats and producing drugs to afford producing beats

[@Q_QQ_Q]

nederlands is expensive

[@reshmaadhikari131]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKDImnynp9GcZ8U...

[@coyotecsgo9148]

this guy will probably get caught really fast. We can see that he has curly hairs, kinda fat guy, and a dj or some kind of music producer from a specific small town in holland. He will get caught faster than he thinks. I'm sorry but I think that he will get caught easily.

[@vintagecherries]

Seems like a pretty cool dude to chill with

[@nawainrukausoy]

They live in lowest part of Europe, no wonder they wanna get high...

[@murkdurk8961]

Explains my tendency to smoke

[@murkdurk8961]

@No Kkcap you don't understand what is being said I gues.

[@ilarious5729]

@No Kkcap thats not the point i hope youre joking, and you forgot iceland, sweden and russia

[@SDimovmrg]

Хахахаах! Dude..

[@safwansaleem7728]

Okok I see what u did there 👀

[@Konzuug]

Funny story: I used to live next to the coffee shop on lineaustraat that got bombed twice. One of the explosions took my window out

[@straightedgepirate6029]

People who live and work in Netherlands in government and police against drugs: "Netherlands is becoming a Narco-State". Journalist who clearly knows more by not living there and not working in that field: "Nah, that's an overstatement".

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Woe man this was actually very interesting this is insane

[@DutchMrD]

Handel gaat ons al sinds de Gouden eeuw goed af

[@youriverhoeven7761]

GEKOLONISEERD

[@sitorragequitlolwarface2159]

@@youriverhoeven7761 Snowflake 😁

[@Didnt_ask69]

Vaping Rc Dude junkie

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@createbalance9088]

Phantom Phreak als je net eten hebt besteld, sluit je je bestelling ook af met; black lives matter!👊🏿? Just asking😘

[@yepperdeedooda]

Thanks for the report, all you did is make me want to move to the Netherlands.

[@Nene_760]

Lmaooo

[@davidborn5845]

@Wake TF-Up thats france bro😂

[@goneburnforher]

🤟 you Said IT, greetings from Germany

[@tech1238]

Wake TF-Up Youve been watching too much “Hostel”

[@MichaelJCervantes]

I am sure you can work in the red lit windows.

[@LIAM-tu4ys]

Just got back from the netherlands few hours ago, what a place💊🇳🇱

[@kumarharrold4802]

How's ya bumhole

[@emilio2647]

LIAM are there good ladies in the Netherlands that I can hook up with?

[@BalboaBaggins]

@@emilio2647 no, hypergamy is through the roof here, just like most countries now since social media.

[@sven_k]

4:55 "Almost gets his head blown off" keeps walking like nothing happened

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

They said the weapon jammed so there was nothing to notice.

[@timhinderks1182]

Still safer here than most countries

[@Gasrullen]

Yeah. Never felt unsafe there as a tourist.

[@williancruz9657]

For now. If this keeps up, might not be the case forever.

[@JuniorJuni070]

We are chill

[@lucasvankessel3288]

Well i do not know man i think gangs in the netherlands try to keep the public out of it alot

[@flo47]

@@williancruz9657 you have no right to talk about junkies and crime with the "little virgin girl takes on 12" stream you have on your channel!

[@hipacrocadog]

Legalise all drugs. Solves all the problems. I’ll wait for my Nobel 😎

[@Zeratul187]

A definite solution with an definite example in Portugal

[@Didnt_ask69]

Junkie boi

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Legalize medicinal Cocaine.

[@CB0408]

Or outlaw people.

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@ollybaxter5819]

1:05 big up the newcastle top 😂

[@TheWinayyy]

Finally Vice is bringing this back and shining a light on the subject

[@kokimo65]

"And damaging the water of Brabant" Still the clearest drinkwater in the world 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@Q_QQ_Q]

you dutch ?

[@mr.m7791]

And that mentality is what turns the cleanest to dirty. It requires a collective responsibility.

[@bentobekker369]

@@mr.m7791 we have brabant water don't worry

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@subscribemf3528]

Cleanest wahaha ga naar de atlasbergen in marokko je hoeft zelfs niet eens zover te gaan frankrijk heeft betere water dan jullie.

[@eiriksand1704]

Love these kind of videoes

[@Leveezy]

🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥

[@gaiusmarius9044]

Official state licensing of all drug production is the answer. People will no longer get involved in the mob.

[@eddenoy321]

Correct ,they will get involved with the government instead, but better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

[@revorocks123]

No, drugs are illegal and must be stopped. The war on drugs will be won eventually and everyone on earth will collectively give up using them.

[@gaiusmarius9044]

@@revorocks123 people used drugs throughout all the history of humanity in every single place. It's very unprobable that smthn could have been changed (especially if we look at effectiveness of that "war on drugs")

[@Didnt_ask69]

Gaius Marius junkie

[@howey935]

They will still get involved with the mob but it will be for something else, theres always gonna be criminals my man. As long as theres people out there after fast money and dont care how they get it theres going to be criminals.

[@andyginterblues2961]

I remember back in the day, people were bringing brick after brick of hashish from Amsterdam, and telling how easy it was to smuggle it past Customs.

[@theuknown7051]

this is the type of vidoes need to see from vice good job allthe team .

[@jamespeters6891]

This was very well made jamie

[@M0N0K0I]

Would not be as much of an issue if legalized. Al Capone & prohibition - today alcohol is no longer a major crime issue. People will always consume drugs, even under threat of capital punishment. Countries that have legalized narcotics have the stats to prove the benefit of their solution. Yet most of the worlds goverments still refuse to initiate change, despite the obivious issues. Can it be THAT hard to admit you've been wrong all along? Our leaders are remarkably stubborn and narrow minded.

[@Ancientlaws]

Or they understand something you don't.... Legalizing certain drugs can and does have a negative effect on society. Alcohol isn't responsible for any good in the world. Many people can freely admit the dumbest mistakes they ever made in their life was due to alcohol. Governments don't outright ban it because the population is too addicted and will turn against any politician that brings up the idea. Why should governments add another problem to the list?

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥🔥

[@M0N0K0I]

@@vamseejagannath May it's you who should take a step back. I said none of what you've put into my mouth. Read the statistics from Portugal since their laws have changend. I don't care for your opinion - it's facts that matter. If you can't deliver, don't bother replying.

[@M0N0K0I]

@@Ancientlaws Thanks for your reply. However you may want to check on countries that have changed their laws to decriminalize narcotics and treat addiction as an illness not a crime.

[@Ancientlaws]

@@M0N0K0I I'm with you on the treatment of addicts as an illness not a crime.

[@ikennabede]

This exposé is like something from the movies. That torture chair gripped me.

[@jessj7516]

You should look up stories about the Mocro Maffia. It really is something like from the movies.

[@eifelitorn]

9:37 dam imagine getting dragged into that container..

[@davidchaplin8619]

This was really good , wish they did feature length stuff. This sounds bites aren't enough

[@reprisler]

i like this guy. he's got a pleasant way about him. i wish you success, drug presenter man.

[@rozthomas16]

When I visited Amsterdam, On almost every other corner in the city center, I was being asked if i needed any illegal narcotics (cocain, mdma, pills and so on.......) and they were all guys, either in a group or on their own and seemed to all be British (HEAVY LONDON ACCENT). I would see them in the same spots everyday but the dealers would switch up spots/groups so you wouldn't see the same person in the same spot often and the groups would get somewhat mixed around also 2 may still be their tomorrow but with 2 new guys also. SEEMED LIKE HIGHLY WELL ORGANISED CRIME!

[@user-ur9zk5gx6q]

It’s true, but it’s only in certain parts of the cities

[@NiePieerdol]

Yeah but those corner dealers are known to not sell actual drugs. Same thing in Lisbon for example - they profit, but can't be charged with drug selling.

[@parkeredc3764]

That's simply because they know that they can sell an move product, its exactly the same in every country especially 1st world countries an you won't hear about the items that are found in the streets for stupid cheap because no country wants its citizens to be in fear

[@rozthomas16]

@@NiePieerdol Yeah thats the same in almost every country with tourism, but these guys were defiantly selling the real deal as they would be getting phone calls all the time with people just walking straight upto them also all the headshops in Amsterdam sell testing kits for almost all the drugs ya want, and theirs probably a headshop every 2 minutes so its relatively safe compared to buying CLASS A's in other foreign countries.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

Trainspotting

[@victoria2124]

Cooker, dealer, dope peddler, dummy man, hookup, mad hatter, middleman, mule, pill lady, potrepreneur, pump, pusher, source

[@bitboycrypto7051]

Thanks so mch

[@victoria2124]

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[@victoria2124]

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[@KS-gt9mx]

Hats off to the Vice News network journalists and other staff who are going the extra edge that's even life threatening on reporting the evils in the seemingly good world

[@Steve-gq5zy]

😂

[@zachg2302]

The Dutch have been in the international dope game for a thousand years

[@roodborstkalf9664]

At least since the 18th century, when they used opium in their Asian trading networks..

[@zachg2302]

@Rene Kuipers My momma is a Van Dorp. I’m Amerikan with Dutch roots

[@lillexus5589]

@Rene Kuipers we close many prisons omdat je 9 maanden voorwaardelijk krijgt voor poging tot doodslag of soortgelijke, het verheerlijken van incompetentie heersend bij onze politie en justitie is niet bepaald iets om trots op te zijn.

[@dropout3914]

As a society, we should decriminalize drugs all together and then legalize them and have government regulated “pure” drugs in our market, and weed out the black market competition. Especially in the US... I need me a cocaine selling liquor store or pharmacy. I need capitalistic drugs. Tons of choices from brand names to generic.

[@MrBignick88]

how about coca cola with cocaine in it

[@recept.2982]

@@MrBignick88 isnt it just Coca Cola?

[@celebratecrypto3693]

Exactly but then the government wouldn’t have as much control and keep the mass incarceration for profit anymore and not pharma would lose their monopoly on the drug market that’s all the war on drugs comes down to

[@hsaccount_]

yeah that wouldnt work out very well either

[@timsherman1245]

Sorry For saying this, but that is like you giving a legal way for someone to commit suicide. If I were a drug addict I would say bring it on man I'm already dead anyway

[@erikbouma9408]

I actually am from Groningen. It’s not like drugs control the country. But it does have a lot of influence. You can get cocaine faster then ordering a pizza. At school we have a smoking area meant for smoking tobacco. Yet smoking weed with teachers next to you smoking a cig is completely okay. Obviously not everybody does harddrugs. But even that isn’t a no go zone. Especially xtc.

[@mafiafankyl]

Er gaat niks boven Groningen.

[@georginabrowne4524]

Who do you ask for coke in Amsterdam

[@spoonerman]

Still safer and happier than 95 percent of countries

[@aharonemanuel4010]

Yah

[@Hwje1111]

Because too many of those who are not happy already committed suicide

[@Kushcloudzz]

@@Hwje1111 what do you mean are the opiates here allot? Or coke mdma issues? Or do they just see it differently

[@keithsweet8840]

Congratulations to Drugs ,for wining the war on Drugs...

[@BalboaBaggins]

War on drugs was never meant to be won but to gain money.

[@LiamDCoughlan]

My mans elbows glued to the arms of that chair 😂😂

[@dracomet2097]

"So far only one severed head was found" "ONLY"!?!?!???

[@leotard2536]

That pronunciation on Groningen was truly incredible.

[@RiffanSongz]

I am Dutch and from Amsterdam. This is so not accurate.

[@tahaabbas1236]

Which part?

[@tondo3000]

Either your a Narc or part of government tourism

[@AlexRoseGames]

Just because you're middle class and have no exposure to the drug trade doesn't mean it doesn't exist. They literally had video footage of the assassinations lol, how are you trying to tell us the camera is lying?

[@pine6193]

It is lol

[@pinut187]

I am Dutch too and all is pretty accurate but we are not a becoming a narco state.

[@kaseychilders9368]

He wasn't slick trying to hide the nike logo on his socks 😂

[@jamesburke7053]

This the content I am looking for

[@RampinRabit]

If people are going to these lengths for drugs wouldn't it be safer and better for the environment if it was regulated? 🤷

[@kinderboeken55]

But then the usa couldnt have their lil war on drugs to incriminate their population

[@luisjacome5359]

@@kinderboeken55 thank you sir, they just blame the mexicans for their own consumption problem when they're actually cutting deals with the narcos, that's why kiki Camarena got killed after he found out about how the government was involved with the drug cartels.

[@user-fr4cg2xj2w]

luis jacome Netflix headass

[@luisjacome5359]

@@user-fr4cg2xj2w its been a known fact, read brother, read. I don't know if there's an English version of it but there's a book called "el traidor" its el mayos son diary and he talks about how the government is involved in it, he basically talks about how they only deal drugs to pay the government off.. That's why he's leaving jail under the us protection...

[@luisjacome5359]

@@user-fr4cg2xj2w kikis son partnered with Escobars son to open an investigation a while back too.

[@obama4191]

🇳🇱nederland gang

[@leviliam5702]

Hallo obama

[@jadecrosley4420]

Obama's from the Netherlands? 🤔

[@leviliam5702]

Jade Crosley basically, yes

[@Vulpiq]

Bedankt Obama!

[@d.k4559]

Gang gang 😂

[@eviltwin3219]

Theres a war on drugs but not a war on poverty...sad

[@wendyrollo11]

Good point eviltwin

[@ToxicatedLum]

The banks played a major part in slavery... just as they do with illegal drugs

[@eviltwin3219]

@billythorson I was waiting for this response

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@itsmob4life]

Narco state? sounds like 🇺🇸

[@B1nGo81]

Ever heard of big pharma? We are the biggest 1 🇺🇸

[@Jubafree]

@@B1nGo81 for sure hands down

[@augusta1493]

@@B1nGo81 hadn't even thought about that! Duuuude !!!! big pharma caps it

[@jakemcglone6502]

@@willb9631 Really? I thought they were publicly traded on USA exchanges.

[@elfuego464]

Narco state is not America..its just the most consuming 😁😂

[@L33tSkE3t]

We need to legalize, and heavily regulate and tax drugs. It would Take away the cartels money. If not that, than decriminalization. The demand will never dissapear and it's naive to think otherwise

[@mattkelly2004]

"we'd like to congratulate drugs on winning the war on drugs" that's about the most truthful statement I have heard all year

[@qayray]

Damn, I live next door (Aachen, Germany, 5 mins from the border) and hadn’t realized this was such a big issue!

[@freen3x3r]

Du wohnst direkt an der Holländischen Grenze und hast davon nichts mitbekommen ? Selbst hier in Bayern weiß fast jeder, dass fast die Hälfte des Rauschgiftes aus Holland hierher geschmuggelt wird...

[@qayray]

@@freen3x3r Hier vermutlich 100% ;) Aber die These ist ja immer, dass mit der Legalisierung/Tolerierung den Kriminellen das Handwerk gelegt ist. Das scheint ja nicht zu klappen, und das war mir bisher nicht so bewusst.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

run while you can

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@Leveezy]

🔥🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk

[@SciFactsYT118]

Completely random fact: Videogames have been found to be more effective at battling depression than therapy. -SciFacts

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

Not a fact, just a study.

[@policemanmojo2751]

Where them sources boy.

[@lukegaming86]

The environmental damage is despicable and inexcusable. Even clandestine chemists need to have standards

[@checktheplaylist101]

😃Read “Red Cocaine” the drugging of the West’

[@CathaterW]

Super interesting series

[@Sahbab11]

*doesn’t explain what a Narco State is* “Now you know what a Narco State is”

[@mudarkheirbek8572]

I don’t think this guy is physically capable of gesturing with one hand

[@jamiephann8955]

lol lol lol lol absolutely

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

You forgot Belize, Cabo Verde, Montenegro, Laos, Cambodia and a few other well known narco-states. Then there is the narco-octopus state called ITALY in which the boundary between the State and it's 4 main tentacular worldwide mafias is very, very narrow. To the point that nominally drugs are outlaw but in reality any drug can be found easily everywhere, of the best quality in each type, and sometimes directly from the police or their partners.

[@danielmartinssilva3109]

How is cabo verde a narco state

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

@@danielmartinssilva3109 You've never been there I guess while I have... It's used as a stocking base by South American narcos since the early 2005. The government is weak and the police is really sparse being a set of small islands but with 2 international airports and flocks of people coming in and out from Europe especially. Traffickers again use it as a stockpile place and move batches of 50-100Kg into the EU via the Canaries (Spain) or directly in Spain. EU authorities are aware since years and in fact have furbished the Cabo Verde govrnment with 4 modern ocean Coast Guard patrol vessels and radar technology already in 2016.

[@barbaraGobert31]

Didn't Lebanon used to be a narco state? I know Afghanistan is.

[@redtaylor4936]

I can watch Vice all day.Thank you

[@Leveezy]

🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥🔥

[@JochemVO98]

Sensationalist piece of journalism.

[@Lokeso]

1:31 yeah you guys should definitely do one about Brazil, drugs run deep in this country, real deep

[@Cbgart]

We do have a drug problem, but we don't have such a huge variety or potent drugs... our drugs are low quality... idk... it doesn't compare

[@kenster8270]

Drugs are omnipresent THROUGHOUT Latin America and the Caribbean and also in certain parts of the US. That's common knowledge.

[@chadharris7648]

Charlie Sheen would be proud of this lad.

[@dikkedon1124]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D M A K K E R S

[@user-ur9zk5gx6q]

Zeker

[@PacoDeCapo]

Zeker weten👊

[@JimRecon]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D C O M P A G N I O N

[@bentobekker369]

Dn bosch

[@mainnevent515]

N.A.R.C.O. State vs Pharmaceutical State so what's the difference?🤷🏾‍♂️ Black Lives Matter ✊🏾

[@needmoreramsay]

5:00 for such a hardened criminal, that guy had REALLY poor survival skills. How do you not hear, see or notice a guy run up to you on the street and stick a gun at your head !?!?

[@elen7265]

Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@tudor14]

great report and reporter

[@nomad90125]

I have been part of the Dutch culture for near 50 years now, although i no longer have any dealings with the country today. I still have a few family members living there. Smoking weed openly back in 1970s. Today drugs have spiralled out of control in a manner that should be of concern to any decent citizen with or without a family. All bad things in this world, drugs, people trafficking, child pornography, and the likes are here to stay. UNTIL" some bright spark finds a way to take away the one thing that creates it . MONEY.💰💰💰🥂

[@celebratecrypto3693]

Who cares what drugs other people do? As long as they aren’t stealing from you or hurting you it isn’t any of your business or my business or the governments business what drugs anyone else chooses to use and self medicate with period you don’t get to impose your will on others

[@yurichtube1162]

@@celebratecrypto3693 killing lawyers are wrong

[@mcj2219]

​@@celebratecrypto3693 Yeah just don't do it out in public

[@hylozoic]

I’d say the US is too, because the pharmaceutical companies have a lot of sway in US politics.

[@LoneFalconer]

But those drugs aren’t for getting high, and of course their opinion is going to be held very high, cause they test and make sure things are safe for the market, so by your definition a lot of places are as well.

[@AlainCarAudioManiac]

I'll stick to my Gouda

[@forrestcarlson7086]

Imagine committing a drive-by in a Citroen

[@InsanitiesBrother]

Right dude, I think Vice made a good pick with you. But please can you change your chair set, I honestly think having one tv on a higher stool so it matches the height of the middle tv set would look better. Long chair legs with a tv not facing direct into camera (have like 5 degrees off) with the lead hanging down NOT plugged in but through CG still showing stuff. IMO that would look more classy, on theme and less messy.

[@danielevans8910]

“Europes first Narco state?” Did we forget about Ireland?

[@kostam.1113]

Why Ireland lol Europe has literal narco-states like Albania or Montenegro

[@Brandon-vg7pl]

Ireland? How so?

[@TheDrFMG]

Look into it guys. Sam has a point. 3/5 of Europe’s most successful drug gangs in the past 25 years are from Dublin. ....Be warned... it’s a KZbin rabbit-hole. 🤟

[@TheDrFMG]

Porn Hub Are you one of those “horny ladies in my area?”.... Finally, we meet🤓

[@tedcrilly46]

lol what.

[@TheDrFMG]

Answer: No. Holland is a transition point and sometimes people bump into one another. Holland is a wonderful country with seriously smart people.

[@GundamReviver]

Holland is two provinces in the netherlands (North and south Holland) not the same as the rest of the country. Hell I would say that those two are so different from the rest they could be a foreign land lol.

[@loaditz]

This video did not make any arguments that drug trafficking organizations have any influence over any government institutions therefore based on the definition this video relies on the Netherlands is not a narco state.

[@shayshayabedin]

This host is phenomenal

[@sheikhproductions9676]

Great Documentary

[@DouwedeJong]

"People are asking is the Netherlands the first Narco State in Europe." - How many two, three, ten thousand? Why making up stuff?

[@panini1251]

wow i thought this vid was uploaded a long time ago

[@Didnt_ask69]

It was uploaded today junkie

[@needmoreramsay]

6:20 that deer is not actually dead, he's just on a really long trip

[@user-uf4lf2bp8t]

He's k-holed

[@danistanneveld880]

I work for Uber in Amsterdam 80 hours a week for 6 years, never seen something criminal..

[@barbaraGobert31]

The truth is the Netherlands have been something of a naro-state for close to 50 years now. They just aren't as violent as Mexican cartels but of all the countries of Europe the overwhelming amount of hard drug transit points and soft drug manufacture intersect in the Netherlands. It's because the Dutch have written the laws and set up the banking system etc to financially protect these enterprises by making them quasi-legal and affording them a measure of regulation.

[@mongothetrailhobo9829]

This is ridiculous.... if they would just legalize and tax the drugs, all the crime would go away

[@JuniorJuni070]

no it wont.

[@JUSSTTIINFU3K]

John Martini. What, like alcohol? Do you drink?

[@stephenvis]

Ahh you genius found the solution! Thank you so much! You’re smarter then years of politicians!

[@JUSSTTIINFU3K]

S Vis No you are right the current situation is perfect

[@stephenvis]

JUSSTTIINFU3K never Said that. But saying legalization will resolve everything is just dumb

[@laserdragonflying966]

Im Dutch and i ve noticed nothing about this narcostate thing, think its a bit overamplified. This type of violence happens everyday/everywhere and in Holland is actually quite rare.If u run the Dutch numbers compared to the U.S for instance u get a very diffrent picture, want some suggestions for a next vid? :):)

[@TheSilverGarnet]

Amsterdam is such a party city. I was there post LGBT+ parade in 2018 and felt so bad for people that live there... the mess that party goers leave is just so depressing. Go ahead and party there but man, respect the fact that people live there too! The drugs really do not help this situation either.

[@filbole99]

Very cool documentary.

[@spacemahn7474]

7:55 when vice features the camera man as a GHB dealer

[@aliA-jz5ms]

My experience by visiting Netherlands is that there are these hotspots where they have a drug problem otherwise it’s ok to be there and are normal people around not everyone on drugs

[@eastside2064]

Not like detroit chicago baltimore philidalphia los angeles or every other u.s. city much is it? Seems fairly peaceful there to mee

[@underballbutter]

Fundamentally, as an informed autonomous adult, as long as you aren't harming others, you should not be prohibited from choosing to and acting upon a desire to alter your body and brain chemistry. Full stop.

[@ahmadwhocos]

The chemical dumping part; pissed me off the most

[@rachasiddhu8562]

this was so interesting from start to end