Border Patrol With China's Toughest Drug Squad | Part 1

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Heroin and other dangerous drug traffic is pouring out of a newly unshackled Myanmar and into a booming, cashed-up China. As the country's drug culture sky-rockets, the narcotics are threatening social chaos.
China is now a major international supplier of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of the frightening and ruinous drug Ice and other new-generation drugs. "The quickest way to make a fortune is to deal drugs - to sell drugs here", Professor Wu Jiang tell us. This report takes us right into the heart of the illicit tearaway trade on the Myanmar border, where drugs flow through in huge quantities.
But for the Chinese it's not just the through traffic of drugs that's worrying. "The number of drug dealers doesn't seem to change much, but there are many more drug users", a Chinese man on the border explains. In the super-cities like Shanghai, unlike previous generations China's partying young are driving a booming market in so-called recreational drugs. It has become, "fun and fashionable to take drugs". One credible report estimates the number of registered drug addicts has grown from 70,000 in 1990 to nearly 2 million a year ago. The number of regular drug users may be as high as 12 million. If it continues to grow exponentially, it's a social, health and legal time bomb for the Chinese authorities.
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[@Ailuj234]

Brilliant journalism . As a recovering addict of 20 years and 6 months ( whose counting eh!) I felt like daniellandgrens when she said " I wanted to give that manager at the end a hug". Such pain in his sweet eyes. Damn... I am a lucky person!

[@exstazius]

❤

[@ID-8491]

It's been 10 years since you wrote this comment. How are you doing today?

[@shananagans5]

Oh, the good old days when ice production meant freezing blocks in industrial freezers for delivery to peoples home ice boxes.

[@kevinj2261]

Haha haha,this is good joke,LMAO

[@joejames6606]

Poppy up 63tonn won't make it cheaper in 20 years maybe .or maybe it will be legalised

[@joejames6606]

China sell drugs not imported don't be foolish maybe and only maybe cocaine

[@FXThug]

good job protecting your informants by not even attempting to hide their identities lol

[@Nontacticalboy]

Earlier this year the Indonesian police intercepted a drug smuggling syndicate with 1 ton worth of meth. 1 chinese was shot dead during the raid.

[@mpharn]

The only thing wrong with Journeyman is that sometimes they put a 'sneak peak' on KZbin with a full version title and then you gotta pay for the full version. Its not that much, usually only a dollar but it still sneaky. But I agree- Journeyman is great ;)

[@bubba00916]

wtf my lighter's made by a heroin addict lol who knew

[@yaoburan6157]

Way to protect the anonymity of your informers. Everybody could recognize the street in Ruili if they live there.

[@tintinsupz1864]

Next time they see him they'll smoke him up

[@wardconnor9654]

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[@wardconnor9654]

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[@jesso19801]

Man, I really wish we could reach that level of security on the US/ Mexico border. One can only hope

[@keiranbradley3222]

jesso19801 Thanks man, i needed that laugh !!.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

As long as yanks are buying, the traffickers will deliver, wall or no wall

[@festivalflightcrew2895]

There’s countries where you’ll die for getting high and yet people still do it. Long as employers are hiring illegal immigrants they will come here. Criminally punish companies that hire illegal immigrants. There not rushing into Mexico looking for work. There’s no jobs. As long as there’s people here willing to hire them we could build a wall planes would scrape on and people would still come. You arrest a few fruit company CEOs the practice of hiring illegal immigrants would end. Quickly.

[@JasonSmith-wp9jm]

@@festivalflightcrew2895 you are100% right.but when that happens what are the politicians going to fight about.They have known how to do that for years but if no kids are getting separated and no one is in detention facilitys there is nothing to fight about.

[@bombasticlovalova3186]

@@festivalflightcrew2895 is that the secret to success? So who are going to do the work most of them are doing, that most Americans won't even do for minimum wage. Are you or your kids going to work and suffocate your ass in the excruciating heat under the burning sun. I highly doubt it! And who are the ones excited about paying less than $100 for a job worth over $200 a day. Your Gringo Patriotic Paisano. Immigrants are doing nearly all the jobs Americans hate doing!!!

[@nephildevil]

life in a factory looks even more terrible, i can see why they turn to drugs

[@db2110]

"It's only going in one direction...up" with a smile on his face!

[@spoada]

All the superpowers need to figure out how to make these drugs safer and by prescription. Prohibition makes for black marker, black market makes room for anything people will pay for, which makes room for teally evil stuff. Cone on people, lets figure this out once and for all.

[@crazyrandomize]

that guy at 18:45 haha, reminds me of myself on a saturday night

[@elyseg.18]

This is an extremely engrossing and informative video that really gives a first-hand view of the situation in China and Myanmar. One part of the video I find particularly interesting is the section on the rehabilitation factories. I think it is fascinating that the previous drug addicts are choosing to work at a factory where life is hard and work is difficult. I would want to ask - what is their motivation for voluntary going to the factories? Is it because they realize how damaging their drug habits are? Or because they think it's a good way to get a job, and otherwise they might be unemployed? It would be interesting to interview some of these workers and see why they chose to go to the factories.

[@OphiuchiChannel]

No choice.

[@1976ondy]

otherwise they have to work on a place where they are minority and where would be easy to get the blames of everything bad. better working with people like them that way they feel even.

[@fkgabbana]

A Chinese person once tried to tell me that people in China don't really do drugs, lol. Some of them are so far in denial about China it's almost disturbing.

[@fkgabbana]

***** In my experience, many Chinese seem to use a lot of dishonestly and facades. They care about appearance but they would rather fake it than actually achieve most of it.

[@JeckeL007]

These are the dumbest comments I've ever heard or read: "Someone from (some country) said something, did something, etc, therefore everyone from that country thinks that way, does those things, etc"

[@boohoo670]

Are you serious? The rate at which people in China do drugs is FAR LOWER than at least in developed countries.

[@FXThug]

Probably meant per capita, it is comparatively lower then in the West, so it seems like people didn't do drugs. Evidently though the drug trend is growing in China.

[@htcdesire1615]

I m from north part of China , it is really not common encountering someone who uses drugs. I don't know anybody who use, whose family use, anyone on the street or on the parties. This is what a normal Chinese person feel.

[@NeutralGenericUser]

Great work! Looking forward to part 2

[@slh950]

drug abuse fill the giant gap that modern psychiatry/psychology fails to address. drug use (not abuse) is purely recreational

[@strobe5000]

That was very well done, and nicely approached - thanks..

[@chritopherherrera2349]

China is a perfect example of tough laws do not stop the drug problems. Criminalizing does not work, even the possibility of death is not enough to combat drugs. Lets pay attention to that. If China has tougher laws than the U.S on drugs: that is a sign that legalization or decriminalization is the only way to combat the drug problem.

[@mountainviews5025]

I truly hope that one day we get this problem fixed and that man one day his parents forgive him and he hugs his mom and dad thumbs up

[@diabolicalartificer]

25:00 Getting high everyday, having a laugh or working in a factory making tat for Westerners... tough choice.

[@MrTynanDraper]

How did the reporter learn Mandarin? As someone struggling to learn. . I must give him full props!

[@joeblack390]

At the entrance of every Apple factory they have a huge mirror plate of Meth with lines on it and every employee has to snort 2 lines and race to see who can put together iPads the fastest.....the winner gets a giftcard to China-Mart

[@gobee53]

The bar reminded me of the Discotheques' in Spain around 1975

[@numbstateofennui]

Meth/cheap designer stimulants are destroying Asia faster than anywhere. It's so bad in some places that they have been reduced to shanty towns.

[@numbstateofennui]

Thailand specifically and now cropping up in Japan. Also most recently, parts of Europe surrounding Greece. It's known for HIV and psychotic breaks and is found in cheap, impure form as a "gutter drug" lower than crack.

[@numbstateofennui]

Anyway my point was I've known functional heroin addicts but trending towards dysfunctional stimulant addicts. I used to be addicted to dexedrine, and I don't know what I would do if I was in a meth user's position.

[@stormin300]

Taking drugs is wong.

[@leonaguilar8707]

If there was no demand by the US citizens there wouldn't be a need for the supply.

[@kevinzhu6151]

is it just me or transporting Drugs can really be that easy? i mean, i could think of tons of methods to go through the check point.

[@initiald7115]

like.... give some examples

[@eveww]

Don't think dear...try..try and let us know

[@LogiWanKenobi]

Yahba (Thai for the little red methamphetamine pills) are a real big problem in Thailand, where I live now. Here in Thailand, you can even get the death penalty for some drugs, if a person get's caught with giant quantities... As an ex-methadone addict, I agree that you need to help treat people, not punish them. Even though methadone is easy and legal for me to take here after visiting a clinic, I have experience with addiction and know that treatment is better and the best way to get off.

[@beemo1502]

good doc. thanks (I like Journeyman (not so much Vice anymore :) and the reporter (good job),haven't got to part deux yet,but am wondering if Cannabis is covered(in this doc.)and what the 'scene' (situation- useage,laws etc.)for it is like there (surely, i'm thinking, there must be cannabis availability, if not 'culture' there),and if most of the commercially grown(for sale)there is locally (domestically) grown, or also comes from abroad, e.g. Myanmar, etc.(as doc. shows for these other drugs)

[@user-wq6hr9xi2n]

good vids, please keep em coming!

[@other2718]

God this guys chinese hurts my ears

[@MajorCulturalDivide]

+Mike Oxlong I thought his vocabulary and comprehension were pretty good. But his pronunciation was awful.

[@Bnswiss]

What is so strange about China is that people do all these hard drugs but then you ask them if they smoke pot and they act like you're talking about heroin.

[@futmut1000]

so funny, this is most likely happening to people who use it once in a while, not people having to deal with it everyday...

[@RickSanchez-py9cy]

Personally, I would never disrespect another country by drug smuggling. Personal use is one thing but some of that shit fucks up entire families and that isnt cool.

[@user-wo4es9xr7n]

where is that place ..;i 4 months i found almost nothing in Shanghai

[@meanshoes]

Excellent film! Waiting for part two :)

[@LogiWanKenobi]

I'm a white American guy, who's lived here for a little over 7 years. I live in Chiang Mai, the second biggest city, and the only "good weed" I've come across is what foreign tourists managed to bring with them from the US or elsewhere. I had a guy who got really good hash here, but after a while, he raised his price a lot for me and everybody I sent his way... I think most of the good stuff is sent out for export. It's REALLY hard to find anything good, and tuk tuk guys can rip you off, (cont.)

[@Min-wb9pu]

Xtc pills in China are pretty shitty and never Expect to find good mdma in China lol

[@livinlifedaily4208]

SuperSamirL yeah that's heroin though not mdma

[@tekash3605]

Don't do drugs. Asian country like China, Malaysia or Thailand should legalize weed. In that way, drugs demand will go down..

[@joejames6606]

Yet 2/3 of fent and ice comes from china

[@stylz1]

Did this feel like an overbearing corporatist propaganda film to anyone else? LOL, what ever it is, it is enjoyable to stretch your brain out like this.

[@efperee]

Very propagandist for sure

[@johnnyguitar108]

I just dont believe any of those chinese kids out clubbing were doing drugs.

[@Michael.Chapman]

This ABC reporter "exposes" normal activities of locals, makes life harder for them ultimately to service his own economic needs...

[@casablancavic]

why do all these people always make it look like a drug deal...can't they ever make it look NOT like a drugs deal is going down....geez what about just doing a deal where it never looks like anything is going down?

[@jeebersjumpincryst]

i wish Id had that factory opportunity when I was trying to get clean. Staying busy is key to beating relapse.

[@kuffarlimeleafbacon1100]

powder coke is easy to use for some days without any probs. not sure about meth. depends on the person, especially those chasing the high.

[@Myactivechannel]

KuffarLimeLeaf Bacon it depends in the person. If they have an addictive personality then it's a wrap

[@situgurung6162]

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[@serkansayin]

But after meth cocain is nothing not giving head. Its like cola if you try meth. Meth is long power full and too much cheaper. in five hours i can snorth one gr. Cocain easyly. But meth is 0.2 gr for 20 hours. And prices cocain 100$ per gr. Meth is 25$per gr. Imagine it.

[@twitter03]

Very true and touching story at end..

[@znmotorsports6437]

0:34 that Methamphetamine Yaba..this drug very famous at Myanmar..Laos..Malaysia and Thailand..a price at Chinese 50yuan for 1 tablet but at Malaysia just 15yuan or RM10 only.

[@stevew7618]

It's supply and demand. If the West (Australians) didn't buy it Asia wouldn't produce it. It's our problem not theirs.

[@sku32956]

It appears Ice or meth what ever your locale drug den call it is very popular in Asia too .

[@jeremiahcherry5283]

With parts of china that are near in the stone age in terms of zero electricity or clean water, with hard labor getting paid pennies on the dollar.. why is the drug trade a focus?

[@wucash5672]

Drugs are pretty much legal in China. Thats where most "research chemicals" come from and many many prodrugs of illegal drugs are legal there so you get exactly the same effects like O-Acetylpsilocin is just like psilocin with slightly different onset but exact same effects.

[@CineRoam]

Excellent, Bravo documentary approach. Will discuss morality only if author wishes.

[@chris103050]

The manager at the end is still in so much pain. I suspect the real reason is because the underlying cause of his addiction hasn't been addressed. However, at least these poor people are being shown a work ethic, & getting off the gear.

[@OphiuchiChannel]

Opiate addiction have often no underlying cause they're physical and chronic and abstinence doesnt work and can be a form of torture.

[@KS-fz7hh]

8:39 That drop !

[@journeyman]

Here you go guys: /watch?v=-FDzHwWwM-I (copy and paste after youtube.com)

[@mikehart4762]

Journeyman Pictures

[@futmut1000]

i dont know how people get addicted to cocaine or meth so easily, i have it everyday and handle it everyday and still dont need tu use it often...i get confused and feel calm when i use it...but dont really seem a big deal to me...i mainly use it when im already drunk and hanging out with my friends who use it aswell...

[@kxtcxiox]

futmut1000 if 100 ppl use only 20 percent become so addicted they lose themselves and their lives , most ppl are function addicts or periodic users. amazing really and that goes for every thing, alcohol meth molly xtc heroine pills etc etc whatever you pick the statics stay close to that 20 percent

[@kenseymour5152]

You use it everyday you said stop for a week no body even knows there addicted till they don’t have it I bet you crave it

[@wangshuoning609]

Hahaha it makes me laugh every time I hear westerners speak Chinese with a same accent

[@leckomio3]

"The drugs all coming from overseas..." From Myanmar, the directly neighbour from china. What´s the definition from overseas?

[@crucifyrobinhood]

+Dasist Meinrichtigername OVER THE FUCKING SEA, MORON.

[@leckomio3]

+CrucifyRobinHood Exactly, and because there is no sea between Myanmar and China, the term is wrong. That would have even understand you.

[@crucifyrobinhood]

***** What the fuck does: "That would have even understand you" mean??????? Shut your Holocaust denier mouth, bitch.

[@monkeylee4818]

I guess it was just because of the translation

[@Gh0sTv1p3r]

@@crucifyrobinhood Hey, just quickly checking in after 4 years to tell you, you are an asshole.

[@bernardliu8526]

Everyone desires happiness. Drug addicts think taking drugs is the path to happiness. How WRONG they are ! Misery and ruination, for themselves and their families, await them on that path to hell.

[@radiopsychedelic1747]

Only solution at the moment. Medicinal Marijuana :::) prescription

[@johnholmes7827]

China is 25 percent of my business lol

[@pipermcfarlane]

+John Holmes... fascinating .. *cough*

[@samuistyle7001]

Other than the sob story at the end, a thuroughly informative & compelling (even exiting) documentary....

[@OphiuchiChannel]

Meh

us and mexico , china and Myanmar

[@P714EVN]

Why are you so mad ? Relax, He was only doing his job reporting. Why do you think that there is more drug user's in England ?

[@lupusdei0819]

Tough but ineffective

[@radiopsychedelic1747]

MDMA is safer than alcohol and cigarettes :::)

[@Del-Canada]

16:15 That's probably good cocaine but the humidity has ruined it and those people probably don't know any better because they've likely only had cocaine affected by humidity. They are likely going to have a sketchy high from it and have an odd candy like taste for their "drip". Any time I dumped my cocaine out to chop it up and it looked like that I would get so depressed and it would ruin my night because I would be constantly be thinking about how the high was going to be sub par. Also, when it's like that it starts to disappear into the air fast and becomes see through almost. I could tell you exactly what part of the world coke was from just by doing a line and how many times it had been "stepped" on and exactly what they used for the cutting agent just by taste and smell alone. I am clean and sober now for over 6 years.

[@radiopsychedelic1747]

MDMA is safer than alcohol and cigarettes

[@ripp846]

Dude looks like Steve Irwin.

[@TaLeBogan710]

Smoke Green, Stay Clean!

[@lameking8268]

Irishhen u You tube

TokeE420 Stay "clean" by avoiding the piece of shit that is, marijuana.

[@jakenorman1278]

+Cyborg NinjaMonkey cannabis is the best! you don't like it then shut your mouth and keep to yourself

[@MickeyD2012]

Solid advice.

[@timmyenglish3338]

Sandwiches

[@DuanesMind]

Some people can't understand subtle jokes!

[@chrisshelswell3222]

I’m starting to become quite disgusted with society and films like this. Most people don’t want to get addicted to anything but sometimes their situation pushes them down the wrong path. This doco isn’t about solving the problem this is about how terrible drugs are and how bad the people that take them are. My opinion is, when governments ban alcohol and tobacco too then you can have these documentaries where you’re above everyone else. Until then, drug acceptance should be common place and the people that have a problem with it should have the help they need offered to them. Obviously this is a much bigger story than I can write here but the world’s perception needs some changing.

[@KS-fz7hh]

50 yuan a pill? Wtf that would be even expensive in the West.

[@MrAbrahamMarley]

Gotta do this type of shit if their aren’t any jobs. You think half of the people in the drug trade do it because they want to or have to. Here in America is because you want to, other places not so much. As far as trafficking is concerned.

[@James91733]

"the ice must flow....."

[@spacealienrissley]

You can just hand stuff threw that border fence

[@feltongailey8987]

So sad, the "mules" that are used by the insidious criminal organizations are typically the poorest of poor with no regards for their life or well-being. It is easy to say, well they (mules) knew what they were getting into when they chose to do it. What would you do if you could not find gainful employment and your children were asking you when they would get to eat again?

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

6:30 just come out and ask... really bright

[@water1oo]

=-= OMFG，this is like Mexico to the USA without the board patrol and little to none of the D.E.A. force ... This is gonna be nightmare one day for China if they don't do anything about it..

[@16bitlouis]

14:29 he's trying to look for crumbs on the glass for himself

[@EviljelloX]

Burma, China's Mexico

[@LogiWanKenobi]

and I cant remember if he said he got it here, or brought it. But that was on Koh Phangan. Lot's of tourists and a lot of drugs. But I was still "young" then =P I do know some people that grow it here, but it's still shit... But I remember when I first met them, they gave me a kilo free, with a promise that I taught them how to make hash. I remember when I got it. The WHOLE plant was in 2 bags. There was still dirt on the roots and everything lol

[@joelaldodiaz]

LOL!!!! That was ONE vice documentary...some r good! And ur right, some raise the eyebrows of the least discerning viewers

[@milanmladenovic1207]

They are like robots, but most importantly they are not evil ppl.

[@chewbster]

i found this documentary short and superficial

[@Zorn101]

Why dose this sound like a advert to go sell drugs in china?

[@foonty]

Where's capital punishment when you need it the most ?

[@adhd5865]

China also executes pedofiles, which I'm specifically fond of.

[@LogiWanKenobi]

I'm not really sure where it comes from, but I think most of it prolly comes from Cambodia and Burma. I know a lot of the hard drugs come from Burma, since I see it on the news here a lot, but not really 100% on weed. I'm pretty sure it comes the same way though.

[@popshot9603]

The journalist was very conservative, bland, even crass at times. Like a toned-down version of Alan Partridge but unlike Alan he's instantly forgettable.

[@bestcomedyeverkeepdoingwel4912]

Feeling very bad my husband also drug addiction....

[@AkashTarafder]

And now just imagine that the same person is making a documentary using the same language and sound effect about illegal immigration in USA.

[@MegaBleedman]

boring.

[@journeyman]

#JourneymanWeekly 14/10: China drug frenzy, Yemen: child brides, US oil shock, Romania protest, Italy's Revolution Refugees Drug Frenzy: China's New Consumer Boom - Part 1

[@karlslicher8520]

Special-K is a Ket-Coke mix. Horrible stuff.

[@karlslicher8520]

cheryl pauley I do not share information on the production processes for soul destroying compounds. If you're recovering it would be best if you put all thoughts of your past life from your mind for a decade or so. Trust me, a clean brake is best :)

[@karlslicher8520]

***** In England we have used the word "meth" as an insult since the days when people started to drink methylated spirits. I think because of this age-old used of the word there will never be a sizable market for it hear. I hope not anyway bud.

[@karlslicher8520]

Yrrab nesjen 'Murica. They have to do everything bigger, including self-destruction.

[@karlslicher8520]

***** No, the poor in the 3rd world get food and medical aid. China more than doubles US international aid, that's a sure sign of the economic reality.

[@TheLokoViejo]

thats like 1980's usa and we see how that turned out

[@readynow12345]

This is what happens when you introduce democracy.

[@zinccrystal3178]

Low battery will watch later

[@djarvils]

How many busts did you see in this clip? None!

[@seektherapy70]

Waves back at the guy @ 2:50

[@beemo1502]

greetings (miss Thailand :) i understand that for cannabis (domestically grown) in Cambodia, the better stuff is (mostly) reserved for export, but normally wouldn't be too difficult for a visitor(e.g. foreigner)to find (for some higher price, ofcourse) if you get to know someone (e.g. your local tuk tuk driver,eng. lang. student,etc.).Is that the same case in Thailand?as,my gosh,i'm quite sure you're not saying there isn't really good stuff grown/avail. there(best weed i ever had was fr.there :)

[@dukenguyen8957]

Yes

[@gregtamakki3269]

Great report. And the white boy Aussie speaks Chinese to boot. "Thank you, thank you, come again. Soup no order to go. Bye-bye!"