The Cheapest Cocaine on Earth?

Don't do cocaine.
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[@RareEarthSeries]

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[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

So what is the psychoactive substance? Is it the beetlenut once lime is added ? OR does Lime have a secret effect kept hidden from all ? What is it in the beetlenut that changes lime ? 🤔

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

OR is it all just cutters for the coke

[@typerightseesight]

thats like $200 lol. or i was ripped the f*ck off. lol. $280

[@venkatraju9909]

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKUbeetle Nut + Lime = zirda Pan in india. It cost around 60 cents

[@tomtom7955]

you never did say why the people who visit the island did so. Were you there just to make this video?

[@dante7228]

You singlehandedly increased tourism by 1000000% with this vid!

[@anthimatter]

I know. It's another rock video in the making.

[@Haplo-san]

I think they would still prefer fly to Colombia, Peru etc. the mainlands of coca.

[@mycodingchannel9690]

if you want to die @@Haplo-san

[@ItsAaronRose]

​@@Haplo-sanyou cant get cocaine for 50 cents a gram in Colombia or Peru..

[@RobertCro]

​@@ItsAaronRose You can't here either. His whole story is BS. The value of cocaine would never drop to that low even with massive amounts avaliable. It wouldn't take long for a group to emerge that exported what they had to a more favourable market.

[@OnlyFactsPlease]

"For sale: One small bag, never opened." 😔

[@SFVYachtClub]

😭 the REAL shortest saddest story ever written

[@bryanduncan9474]

7 words, doesn't count 😂

[@eewilson9835]

hey some people live their whole lives with sinus infections, and they have no desire to open that bag.

[@cosmosyn2514]

@@eewilson9835weak

[@sharonrigs7999]

​@@eewilson9835bah.....grab some baking soda and Chore Boy. Rock n roll!😂

[@xanatharstudios]

3$ for an 8 ball would have me in cardiac arrest

[@warshipsatin8764]

same. ive never been doing cocaine and thought "well ive had enough of that for now"

[@SpaceRanger187]

I don't believe you, lets go and you can prove it :)

[@s-3503]

I miss it

[@oxlip]

the irony of that village in the first shot with a "no alcohol" sign

[@cc-dtv]

shouldn't conflate the mind and body killing poison that is alcohol with extracts from the coca plant :)

[@serebii666]

well they have standards after all

[@anthimatter]

Too expensive. Even the bar can't afford it.

[@meisteremm]

It makes sense to me. Alcohol is a downer, Coke is an upper. Why would you want to fuck up your high?

[@kalrandom7387]

​@meisteremm wow you must be young. You do more coke so you can drink more alcohol so you can do more coke ect.. .

[@in2deep41]

Booking flight now

[@OrangeCub14]

Hahahahhaha

[@pricklyrick7253]

Count me in

[@jamesjross]

Instant first thought. I'm a bad person.

[@terjegrindheim4587]

Mee to!

[@reginarichards7001]

Lol.....

[@lout9231]

If this was sponsored by the Marshall Islands department of tourism they have nailed it

[@bernardkealey6449]

So that helps explain why Majuro is now one of the biggest Super Yacht registries… Let’s hope that coke remains unattractive to the population, because if you look at the impact in Tonga, Samoa, Fiji it’s been horrendous. Once the “free coke” runs out, domestic meth takes hold.

[@korakys]

The Marshalls have been one of the half dozen or so major shipping registry states for a while. Nothing to do with cocaine.

[@bernardkealey6449]

@@korakys I’m very well aware of that, it was a stupid joke but less stupid than the 98% of previous comments which just said “I’ll be on the next flight”

[@erinmac4750]

​​@@korakys They must not be charging enough. It would seem like for a go-to Super yacht registration country, there'd be more something, maybe a cool school....

[@korakys]

@@bernardkealey6449 cool, it can be hard to tell what are stupid jokes to be ignored and what might deserve a contextual comment.

[@bernardkealey6449]

@@korakys it didn’t help that I said “Majuro” was the registry, not MI. Also, most charter super yachts choose Bikini as the Port to be registered at, because in the instagram pics that looks cool on the stern - despite being utterly tasteless and tone deaf beyond comprehension. Or I could have just used an emoji to indicate “joke”… Thanks for the polite engagement.

[@SP-ny1fk]

I just found it here on the side of the road, officer

[@kenh9508]

Most likely the only time the reply would be "ok, I believe you"

[@Soundtracks92]

“It’s worth nothing if you smoke it all!” - Walter White

[@Corrello88]

Best line in the episode😂😂

[@sneezinhatch]

100 percent true

[@parvuspeach]

I predict an influx of tourists on the Marshall Islands very soon.

[@TheGahta]

Heck, lure influencers with cheap cocaine and you get free pr and dump the powder, win-win 😂

[@vikashKumar-ir6ph]

Yeah most likely

[@topfeedcoco]

Flight booked... I always wanted to see the Marshall Islands.

[@57thorns]

When you started mentioning the ships, I realized I heard variations on this story before. São Miguel in the Azores went from an unassuming island in the Atlantics to a drug dealers shipping harbour after a shipwreck.

[@Pyritie]

heard them from this very channel maybe?

[@hittingdasauce]

Now there is tv show on netflix about it but its wack i rather look for doc video about it

[@Gnomezonbacon]

I know this originally started as a space channel by one of the coolest astronauts but honestly his son is pretty engaging and informative too.

[@IslandHermit]

I didn't realize that channel was originally Chris'. The first video that I ever watched here was shortly after Evan had started the Rare Earth series.

[@RareEarthSeries]

It was technically started and ran by me I just made videos for him originally

[@GarethStack]

@@RareEarthSeries I had literally no idea that you were Chris Hadfield's son. Channel is great regardless of its origins. Insightful, well written, thought provoking.

[@ChristopherCurtis]

Same, and 100% agree. I've never seen any astronauts on this channel but enjoy it immensely nevertheless. I may have to go check out the back catalog.@@GarethStack

[@GhostofJamesMadison]

​@@RareEarthSeriesNO WAY your chris the astronauts son!? Wow! Makes sense he would have an incredibly erudite and productive kid. That guy was a true inspiration, heck he likley inspired half a generation of elementary school kids to double up on science studies. Astronauts are rare these days and the few we have lack the charisma and desire to sell it to the public, hah il never forget that coke can thing he did but i suppose that was under not over. Hope hes still going strong!

[@hannahbrown2728]

Jesus just hearing the word cocaine still reminds me of it. A heart sized lump would be much much more than 1000$

[@manlede]

Mientras que acá vale un kilo $1.200 dólares y sigue a la baja 😅

[@centarforbr.9.529]

​@@manlede😮 where is "here" !? Would like to go there real soon😅

[@Henry-j5t]

I would not advise you to contact Andrew Jones 12 phoniex lane new Zealand

[@whitewidow9046]

More like 10,000

[@whitewidow9046]

Sounds like Mexico to me but idk. Coke can be pretty cheap in alot of South America too.

[@danielschein6845]

I’m just imagining all of the less than ethical would be entrepreneurs who will see your video and go rushing to the Marshals for a big export opportunity.😂

[@Tammc09]

These days if someone isn't already doing it you can almost be certain it's not worth the squeeze.

[@korakys]

Exporting cocaine has never been the issue. It's the importing that's the difficult part.

[@anthonyhenderson892]

Who's ethics

[@anthonyhenderson892]

​@@korakyshow difficult has it been for you?

[@AwesometownUSA]

I’m 6+ years sober now from an intense speedball addiction. one time back in the day I found a baggie of coke in an alley and I actually injected it. it seemed awesome at the time (free drugs - so lucky!) but I am def glad those dark days are behind me haha

[@sharonrigs7999]

Speedballs were my favourite too. I've been clean for nearly 8 now. Glad I got out before fentanyl showed up

[@erinmac4750]

Oof.... having dated a very "colorful" guy, I'm very glad to hear about your sobriety. ✊🍀

[@whitewidow9046]

Speedballs killed my uncle I was named after 😢 the drugs had me for 11 years too but now im 7 sober and think about it even more everyday. I can only imagine 22 year old me in a place where coke is so cheap you can spill 1/2g and not even care. I'd probably died a long time ago, just sayin.

[@time2see192]

Especially in THIS day and age- you'd NEVER want to inject what you find now!

[@sharonrigs7999]

@time2see192 Yup. Even if it smells like good ❄️ it could be laced with enough fetty to end you 10x over and you wouldn't know

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

Sounds like a great financial opportunity! Thanks for the business advice!

[@TdT2211]

Don't do it! Lol but for real.

[@thermitebanana]

Definitely didn't just google flights to Marshall Islands, bit if I did they would have been $11,973

[@garettanderson6772]

Holy crap. They must pay full price for their coke.

[@TheAlps36]

Not so cheap now is it?

[@PogueMahone1]

Only $12K, eh? You must be flying coach...

[@Rachelshmachel63]

lol if you fly to Fiji or other destinations close to the Marshalls you can fly out from there at half the price . Just sayin I mean none of us would ever want to use illicit drugs, RIGHT ??? I know I would never do it .

[@samidan91]

Just book a flight to Cartagena, Colombia, you can get pure there for about $15 a gram.

[@Level_1_Frog]

Oh my god, that's disgusting! Where?

[@Jaffjv]

I need to know so I can avoid the place!

[@KitsGravity]

​@@JaffjvI need to know for uhhh "research purposes" 😂

[@blackhat856]

Let’s go now

[@mariecolette9066]

😂😅😂

[@kubakielbasa5987]

@@Jaffjv it's mildly radioactive on some of the islands and deadly radioactive on some and not radioactive on one or a few

[@-_Nuke_-]

The cheapest drug is calling up your parents and telling them that you love them. That will make all of you happy for free! Drug manufacturers don't actually want you to know this trick btw, its kind of a cheat, so shhh don't tell anyone

[@behindyou666]

Wholesome

[@ethanoverwatch407]

+1 for the Underrated wholesome comment

[@PogueMahone1]

My parents were such enormous assholes, it woulda made me feel like a hypocrite.

[@vincenzofranchelli2201]

Didnt get me high, bad advice

[@patkearney9320]

@@-_Nuke_- NICE.☘️

[@catlee8064]

Heathrow to Majuro is £4700....2 days of travel.....Im on my way !!!!

[@eurybaric]

You'll have to go real hard to make up the ticket haha

[@sunnyinvladivostok]

just go to peru or bolivia lol

[@TheHamburgler123]

​@@sunnyinvladivostokOr Colombia. I don't dabble but met people that did. A gram of pure Colombian was 25000 COP (~$5). I'm sure it'd be even cheaper if they weren't tourists.

[@Nothingmonkey]

"A boring drug for deceptively boring people" one of the best definitions I ever herd.

[@Jelly1337]

I always love the end cards of these videos

[@anthimatter]

Yeah I always pause and read them carefully. They are always chuckle-worthy.

[@1dgram]

It says that "the baggie contained lime" but don't ever take Evan's word for it.

[@brandonwilliams9639]

I don't get it, what about coke would make you vomit for an hour? I consumed my fair share in my younger years and apart from gagging from a half gram drip coke never made me puke even once?

[@kirkanos3968]

Coke is no where near the same as it used to be just in name only.

[@buryitdeep]

I think he means doing coke in 42C heat. Like doing coke in a sauna.

[@ryanconnolly426]

crappy coke full of fillers might make you vomit. I bet the stuff in this video isnt even cut yet.

[@SandstormGT]

When he said 42 degrees did you think it was cold there? 42C will make you vomit without coke.

[@PogueMahone1]

@@ryanconnolly426 It was all the damb fillers that drove me to free-base back in the day...

[@SwampyColorado420]

I'm a cannabis guy but I like to go skiing now and then even though I haven't for years. I don't trust it to be pure enough anymore.

[@DernRern]

The chemical agents used to produce pure marching powder was internationally restricted in the 90s-00s .. its more more common to use another agent, which is alters the end product .. so if you expect the same experience from the 80s or 90s .. It's different.. disappointing so

[@gregalfredo]

lol bro u think ppl can't find illegal shit to make illegal shit ur crazy. @@DernRern

[@snuff2023]

@SwampyColorado420 i understand what you mean! And being a "responsible" user testing your stuff is expensive to purchase (fentynyl strips and then theres cuts tests that show things like the deworming stuff for animals) and uses product

[@geoffhoutman1557]

Ether either?

[@DernRern]

@@geoffhoutman1557 that's them

[@zotfotpiq]

this reminds me of a plotline in a scanner darkly where one of the character claims to be able to extract cocaine from aerosol cans.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Much easier to extract it from the cargo holds of smugglers' ships!

[@Adam-kn3tv]

The cans are supposed to be sunburn relief medication. You can find similar IRL which is legal and contains lidocaine. Lidocaine is a common adulterant in cut cocaine because of its numbing properties. In the story, the sunburn spray is alleged to have cocaine instead of lidocaine, which can be extracted by separating it from the oils by spraying it into a plastic bag and freezing it.

[@Master_Yoda1990]

Oh yeah, I believe that was Robert Downey Jr.

[@PogueMahone1]

Damb neat trick if he can pull it off. Sure beats trying to properly dispose of my used tagging supplies...

[@TheDoctormandrake]

Those blue flowers..

[@texokopter456]

It's probably pure af too there, not many middle-men, not many reasons to lace or dilute it.

[@XpRnz]

As an ex addict, 50 cent cocaine would absolutely have been my demise.

[@robdotcom71]

Rare Earth: Breaking Betel

[@Bobby-mq9ys]

I'm no coke head, but a 'heart sized lump' or pure cocaine would have a street value of waaaaaaay more than $1000.......multiply that by 10......minimum! A gram in the UK starts at the equivalent of around $75 😅

[@Jack-r2v9b]

300 a gram in Australia......according to a mate

[@sunnohh]

Damn, like $20 - $ 80 in the us depending on who you know and how much spanish you know

[@anomynus]

$75 after its cut down to like 20% lol

[@jerichostevens2711]

over here in the US everything is cut with fent now... I've been out of that game for a decade now, but from what I've heard there's no real heroin anymore... its all fent... all the drugs are going synthetic... too easy for them to cook it up rather than wait on growing it and the supply lines that go along with that... world is going to shit, and the underworld is going with it.

[@coolidgp]

I'm assuming, say, a chicken heart's worth?

[@ritiksinha5651]

Saw it, gonna watch it right away. I love your narration style.

[@rezastella777]

I really appreciate you showing us how life is in these islands in the middle of the Pacific, that most of us will probably never get to visit in person . Be safe out there .

[@SSCxPKC]

I have a feeling that this video is going to be on of the ones that a surprising amount of people visit after learning this lol.

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

From outer space to cocaine, either way this channel will get you higher than you've ever gone before.

[@junkiejackflash]

Man, if i wasnt 2 years clean, I'd be on a plane 5 minutes ago.

[@username-jb6zy]

Bro I am 2 years clean and still trying to get a flight 😂

[@wensow]

You are going to create a MASSIVE influx of tourism

[@bipedal-ape-man]

It's shows you the value of the product is not intrinsic to the product itself but rather where the product is located.

[@GizzyDillespee]

That's the foundation of human society, cities, empires, trade routes... everything. You take stuff from where it's plentiful to where it's scarce, and trade for what's plentiful there, yet scarce where you came from, and then you make the return trip.

[@bipedal-ape-man]

@@GizzyDillespee The only differance is the value occurs from legality and not transportation.

[@MrMiddleWick]

Well shit, I guess I'm adding Marshall Islands to my bucket list

[@MusicByJC]

Damn, all of the flights are booked and the price is going up.

[@PogueMahone1]

That's why it's so important to stay in the loop.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

🎶 _You put the lime in the betel nut and chew them both together_ 🎶

[@PogueMahone1]

Nuthin' like gettin' high to Todd Rundgren!

[@artycuen3572]

Now let me get this straight..

[@anthimatter]

Considering cigarettes can go for $70 a packet and a bottle of whiskey will cost up upwards of $60 here in the great bastion of freedom that is Australia, I would say that cocaine is a much more viable alternative. Weed certainly is. How insane is it that street drugs are cheaper than legal drugs. This is what happens when you have a huge island with a small population (relative to its size) with a two party system that make you choose (voting is compulsory here) between a turd sandwich and a giant douche.

[@woopimagpie]

And that's $60 for a bottle of paint stripper. If you want something half decent it's well over $100. The Government excise (tax) comprises a fair bit of it, but hey, funding has to come from somewhere. Given how much of a load smoking and drinking related health problems put on the public health system it's probably fair to expect the people who smoke and drink the most to pay the most. I don't drink much at all (the last case of beer I bought lasted 10 months) and I don't smoke at all (well, not tobacco anyway) so I'm cool with paying a bit extra if I have to. It is pretty mad that illicit drugs, as expensive as they are, are cheaper than the legal ones. It will be interesting to see what happens when the respective governments finally wake up to themselves and legalise cannabis, that's definitely coming at some point, especially if we can restrain ourselves from voting in the backward conservatives again. Prescription weed is comparable to street weed now, believe it or not. Roughly $120 for 10 grams of 20% THC, freeze dried so it will keep for ages. Unsurprisingly the medical fraternity are campaigning heavily against legalisation, I can't imagine why, lol. They just switched from opioids to cannabis and they are addicted to the income stream. If prescription cannabis goes on the PBS it will be like $30 for 10 grams, no street dealer could ever compete with that. But of course the government will stuff it up, there's nothing surer.

[@gaoxiaen1]

No wonder there are so many Aussie expats.

[@tylerdouglas480]

Guess that's why alot of ppl are on meth and heroin

[@anthimatter]

@@tylerdouglas480 yeah pretty much true

[@anthimatter]

@@woopimagpie I'm a member of the Legalise Cannabis Party. We're trying but they treat it like hard drugs which doesn't help anything. But hey, when did the government help anything...

[@BRBTechTalk]

Do you guys share the writing of the end card of your videos is are they done by Kata that does the editing?

[@RareEarthSeries]

I write the endcards, Kata offers input on the rare occasion

[@ArtypNk]

flight to Majuro now tomorrow right now Oh, shit, got so excited forgot to switch to regular google...

[@mackieent3100]

scoop me up on the way to the airport😂

[@benjaminmatheny6683]

This and the Azores story are very interesting in that it's essentially collateral destruction. We think about how the drug trade impacts the countries that produce and consumer the drugs, but rarely about how even the countries in between can be effected.

[@kalrandom7387]

That is why all drugs need to be legal for those over 18 years old

[@erinmac4750]

Truth. I saw a documentary about what illegal drug manufacturers were doing to the environment in some communities in the EU. Toxic chemicals being dumped into groundwater or on farms.... Hopefully someone can figure out some ways to stop/slow this latest wave of drug use.

[@ponyote]

Thanks, Evan. You keep things really real.

[@asabovesobelow1362]

You'd think if they came all the way to the marshall islands they would have at least brought a testing kit.

[@mono6839]

"...and there are not many tourists on this island!" This will probably change after this documentary ! 😁

[@insipidcynic]

You could just smell the bag, cocaine has a pretty distinct, strong smell reminiscent of gasoline.

[@dosadoodle]

TIL

[@yolobathsalts]

More like acetone unless you're getting bunko

[@insipidcynic]

@@yolobathsalts emphasis on 'reminiscent'

[@ronaldviens7862]

Or acetone. Or ether. Or ammonia. Or diesel. So I've heard.

[@dennismcgeehan2652]

All that shit you guys are mentioning is trash. Real coke (fishscale) has an ether smell to it. Used coke for 40yrs. Still drives me nuts and brings back to a time when I smell ether. Literally gets me all excited 😂 But I've been clean for 7 yrs now.

[@joshuaharper372]

I love the end cards!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I wasn't expecting this video to still be about the Marshall Islands, based on the title, lol. I tried cocaine once. All it did was make me feel less tired and not get any sleep. I didn't feel "high" at all. It wasn't a bad experience, but it wasn't a really good experience either.

[@PogueMahone1]

Crack cocaine is MUCH better.

[@acmelka]

It was 3USD a gram in Bolivia in the late 1990s. That's at the point of manufacture, crazy

[@DasIllu]

"...This isn't a party island..." Well i think you just turned it into one 🤪

[@RareEarthSeries]

I can honestly think of few worse or less appropriate places to be high on hard drugs than the Marshall islands, frankly

[@Jx83xB]

50cents a gram is insane. In Cartagena Columbia it's $5-$10 a gram or 2000-4000 a kg and that's pretty much where it's coming from.

[@Zekana0]

i don't do drugs but info around it and its history can be very interesting.

[@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659]

That gets multiplied by a factor of 50 once you do drugs. Just out of personal interest constitutes a ‘drug’ for you?

[@jamesjross]

@@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 I love the "i don't do drugs" people... Its very rare for this statement to hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.

[@MagicCookieGaming]

@@jamesjross unless you're one of those "prescription drugs are still drugs" people that entirely misses the point of the statement it's not a hard thing to not do..

[@mushroomcrepes4780]

@@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 Grammar issue. Anyway, ofc he's excluding caffeine and regular stuff like painkillers and normal shit that is near impossible to avoid; use common sense. Saying 'I don't do drugs' probably means he doesn't drink alcohol or smoke weed like you junkies.

[@max3eey]

​@@mushroomcrepes4780so crack is ok

[@magneto44]

hey, congrats on the million subs! you guys deserve it

[@hamdy-man2237]

Hey man, I love your content. But this has recently come to mind. Why should I trust you as a journalist? As your topics grow more interesting, my desire for verifiable sources and legitimising past work expirience grows too. I hope you can respond to this. Peace out ❤

[@RareEarthSeries]

I'm not a journalist I make pretentious KZbin videos, you trust me at your own risk like everything else you see on this platform That's what the end card says every episode

[@hamdy-man2237]

​@@RareEarthSeriesOh. That's both disappointing and really respectable. 😂 But I do still hope you'd offer some more concrete, factual stuff with your videos. It adds to the value of it (for me). Thanks for your honesty and self awareness.

[@RareEarthSeries]

All of my videos are concrete, factual stuff. I make mistakes like anybody here or there but everything I say is always researchable if you take the time.

[@hamdy-man2237]

@@RareEarthSeries If you can say that your videos are concrete and factual (to a degree). Why don't you provide sources? Like you shouldn't be able to make that claim only if you do the research. So why not provide the proof while at it?

[@RareEarthSeries]

Because my experience doing so showed me it was meaningless except to the people who were trying to find a way to nitpick without actually doing any research, wasted a bunch of time, and made me look like I was trying to be a journalist instead of a pretentious KZbin channel In my experience people who actually want to know more always do their own research, because that's the best way to actually learn new information If I knew I was concrete and factual why would I waste effort trying to prove it to strangers

[@vishal-ki3wk]

a variation of this, i.e. dried betelnuts / betel leaf(piper betel) and lime is enjoyed all over southern india. especially loved by grandmas.

[@MrMountain707]

"Why did you go to Marshal Islands?" "Rare Earth"

[@JayWalker200]

How much are hotels there? How safe is it?

[@chriscarlino5561]

The more powdery, usually the more cut. Not always but If it has that blended look to it. Not a good sign. Typically, the further from the source the more beat up it is. I could be wrong this might be some fire, I just have my suspicions.

[@justinkim7756]

Could be hotplated but at .50 cents a bag ur right it's cut 😂😂

[@teluobir]

"I just found it on the side of the street" yeah. Me too. Best excuse I ever heard, will use it from now on.

[@yan8732]

Can smn pls tell me where is this place. Cuz i wanna go there to live if 1gr of coke is 0.50cent & i'll pay $1, 1gr &only for self use& abuse!

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

As a former addict this was challenging to watch.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Happy to hear the former part

[@dant.3505]

Here in my hometown in Texas I worked with some Marshallese folks at a factory and they always were chewing the beatle nuts and spitting in the trash cans. I was offered a try and I was handed a leaf wrapped around a green nut. I already chew tobacco so I figured the beatle nut would be tame but I was wrong. I tried it and was buzzing pretty hard. The taste was okay. It just isn't for me 🙂

[@ClintBrubakken]

So why loot the ships if it's so worthless. Is there so much worthwhile other stuff, and they are so short on time they just take everything without regard?

[@RareEarthSeries]

It's not worthless, it's just extremely cheap by our standards when a boat comes in.

[@tk423b]

You can test for crushed shells at home. Lemon juice

[@rwbrandom1252]

Good video as allways. I bet those islands are going to get alot more visitors after this one tho.

[@summersky77]

Some guy in Mexico; "hey Ricco, get the fucking plane ready, man. I found a new suppliers!"

[@Yarglenuts]

A bag of cocaine.... A bag of baking soda that your cameraman planted for your story.

[@RareEarthSeries]

I don't have a cameraman and it is a common news story in the region but other than that lol ok

[@diegovaladares5716]

I was expecting a video on the nuclear legacy - 70 years of Castle Bravo. I am in Majuro for that.

[@DNA9099]

A brick (1kg) of cocaine is about 4x16x12cm=768cm³ and a heart (fist size) is 12x8x6cm=576cm³ so factor 0.75. If you sell it in grams on the street thats about a 75k where i live but because of bulk prices it's probably worth about 25k.

[@pewpeat]

imagine finally getting to marshall islands and all you can find is crushed up coral

[@kalrandom7387]

Their tourism industry just went through the roof, and some people are right now figuring out how to build a party club and looking up land prices.

[@floridaarmyvet3613]

Watching from Colombia lol

[@TiborRoussou]

18 years clean from the devil dust. Never again; no matter how cheap it is.

[@bobdownes162]

Excellently narrated.

[@5TRICT9]

Why would you throw up for an hour afterwards?

[@nanakimurasaki]

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

[@angeliquemarquis]

WOW 😮!!! I ACTUALLY NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE I WATCHED THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW!!! THANK YOU 🙏 FOR SHARING!!!🎉

[@Kevin-v4k]

I just came across this video! I am in Australia..... wow it just blows me away!

[@Greyalien587]

I never understood the luxury marketing with coke, smells like gasoline and isn’t really that nice ( although it has its moments)

[@bobsteb61]

Jesus lol thats ALOT of coke just washing up

[@integralsrulz]

Instructions unclear, accidentally bought boat ticket.

[@mrmusickhimself]

That's not just been stepped on, that's been Riverdanced on.

[@RuthBrown-tm2gt]

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime: In Colombia in 2018, a kilogram of cocaine typically sold for $1,654. In Peru in 2018, a kilogram of cocaine typically sold for $2,000. In Mexico in 2017, a kilogram of cocaine typically sold for $12,500. In the United States in 2018, the price of a kilogram of cocaine typically ranged from $4,000-$45,000. The price of a kilogram of crack in the US ranged from $15,000-$40,000.

[@fariesz6786]

"you can't make a video that will be funny and make you pensive at the very same moment" Evan: "hold my non-alcoholic beverage"

[@alexandyrmitew9964]

Now American tourists will destroy this island :D

[@jbone877]

Idunno, ive found bags of coke on the ground in places it's more expensive than gold

[@kubakielbasa5987]

probably ₣€nt@n¥l

[@venkatraju9909]

Beetle Nut 🌰+ lime = Zarda Pan very common in India it costs 60 Cents.

[@michaelcoyne3700]

What a great place to make a product design start up. I’m looking at you Berlin.

[@vmwindustries]

Love your videos! And don't put things into your bodies kids! Keep yourself clean!

[@SteveJohnson007]

This seems questionable. I just emailed my brother who lives in the Marshall Islands, and I will post his reply soon.

[@thenarrator869]

He's gonna think you got arrested and are working for the feds. Lol

[@RobertCro]

Suspect story.....likely BS

[@johnl.7754]

Interested to see what he says

[@RareEarthSeries]

I provided about a dozen news articles in this video discussing this very issue. It's also a problem in Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, and many (if not all) of the other island countries between Australia and South America. www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/24/the-new-drug-highway-pacific-islands-at-centre-of-cocaine-trafficking-boom

[@MenelmacarGR]

Comment to be notified of OP's brother's answer.

[@ashtreylil1]

6:07 you just changed this with one video 😂 sure some people are joking about it in the comments but enterprising individuals would be very interested in this opportunity.

[@sirsmarty274]

I know where my next stop is, The Marshal Islands.

[@jttcosmos]

Will say that the Patreon email has me worried that authorities will come knocking at my door at some point... 😅 "Rare Earth just shared: 'The Cheapest Cocaine on Earth'"

[@Jhgykjhuih]

12 years clean and I had some second thoughts reading the tiltle 😂

[@RareEarthSeries]

Stay clean my dude I promise it looks good on you

[@Jhgykjhuih]

@@RareEarthSeries thanks I appreciate it. Im good, not planning on going back anytime soon, I don't miss that life. It's crazy how those thoughts never go away tho lol.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Addiction is one hell of an animal, fought every day for the rest of your life Keep it up my man

[@kafkamakma]

You’ve got the disclaimer at the end of your disclaimer spot on

[@haden636]

"THIS! is a bag of cocaine.." 😂 what a way to start a video around people in a break room

[@hufficag]

How do you stay awake without coffee or betel nuts? I live in Sanya. This morning I went to eat breakfast, scanned the QR code, didn't have money in my bank to pay for it. Oh right, forgot to deposit money, because I didn't have my coffee yet. Do they want us all to be sleepy and unproductive and forget to pay our bills?

[@lettybastien4624]

Cash is King.

[@ryanseddon4800]

Where precisely is that street… I mean like precise directions

[@michaelwalters7333]

I hate Coke, I just like the smell of it