The Meth Warlords of the Golden Triangle | The War on Drugs

Asia’s Golden Triangle is a lawless area running along the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.
These semi-autonomous zones are loosely ruled by local warlords and have suffered decades of conflict - the perfect breeding ground for drug trafficking empires.
For decades, the Golden Triangle was known as the world centre of heroin production. But in recent years, the focus has switched from opiates to amphetamines - particularly meth.
The Golden Triangle meth trade is now a multi-billion dollar industry, rivaling anything in Central or South America. Furthermore, there is speculation that parts of the Chinese government are flooding the area with weapons, supplying the rival meth warlords, and making huge profits along the way.
00:00 Intro
00:52 The Golden Triangle Drug Trade
03:19 How the Trade Got Disrupted
04:18 The Switch to Meth
06:00 How the Chinese Government Got Involved
06:50 Where is all this Meth going?
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[@mikeylikesit64]

Vice is doing good stuff again.

[@MrFartsSniffWorld]

All they're doing is editing old videos with this reporter doing dialogue. It's literally old videos they put out.

[@Megadeth6633]

It's recycled stuff, it's refurbished. Besides too much drugs honestly, I got bored of it. I know the world revolves around drugs but talk to me about something else.

[@OKOBA]

Always has been you are just a republican

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@narcissa1112]

@@Megadeth6633 i know i cant believe how much they talk about drugs in a show called the war on drugs i thought this show would be the one place i could escape drug talk.

[@AwokenEntertainment]

it's crazy seeing the process it all goes through before it all gets to the users.. thanks Vice!

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@ChessPlayer78]

0:38, the person on left most is Mr Narayan Murthy, father of Indian IT revolution and father in law of current PM of UK

[@angelapina4443]

26 days clean

[@DetroitFettyghost]

Yoooo Congratulations THATS HUGE BABY!!!!

[@myfaveyoutube]

Nice work !!!!!

[@brutalbasspro]

You got this!

[@oimamochki]

Go get some meth, feel those waves riding your life

[@iiparam-wz202]

easy work , u got this king

[@gone.golfing]

Need more Asian coverage in the drug trade! Thanks Vice!

[@viktorcheng2061]

They should do an Opium war documentary

[@StraightFelon]

Check out “The politics of heroin” book

[@brucelee4996]

Thanks Jamie. Always an excellent report.

[@dmbfannh]

Jamie is fricking adorable!!! OMG

[@alterego4050]

Finally😁 thanks for the update VICE🔥🔥🔥

[@archangelmichael5908]

I get to have the peace of mind of knowing that somewhere, in some exotic place of the world, someone is having the fight of their life trying to make sure I can get good amphetamine drugs

[@malikaivillatte9065]

Lmaooo

[@ladyluck5400]

Golden Triangle is a breathtakingly beautiful region. The people are honest, friendly and helpful. The vast majority of people there have suffered for way too long through no fault of their own. My heart and prayers go out to the people of Golden Triangle! 🙏🙏🙏

[@misterjorge2581]

Anglo Clans of USA, UK & Australia, etc are using next-door neighbor Thailand, which has a defense treaty with them, as a base camp since in the 1950s; from which attack against China/PRC was launched by sending Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces into nearby Burma's eastern border closed to China in the '50s and '60s. - In the '60s and '70s, using Thailand as a base camp, attack against nearby Laos & Cambodia were launched during the Indochina war where several million innocent civilians were killed. - Like Anglo British introduced opium to China a century earlier, USA-led Anglo clans introduced opium/opium growing as a form of self-support to those Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces in Shan State of Burma, in Golden Triangle region, in the '50s and '60s. * You see that's how Golden Triangle became an opium producer.

[@misterjorge2581]

​ "A new giant U.S. Consular compound under construction and to be ready in 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand which is likely to be used as a base for, among others, CIA's paramilitary wing responsible for nearby Myanmar operation." If I'm correct, this is nothing new. They, along with others, have been stationing in Thailand since the end of WWII. From Thailand, Kuomintang were used in the fight against China in the 1950s. From Thailand, Hmong tribe were used in the fight against Laos & Vietnam in the 1960s. From Thailand, Karen tribe were used in the fight against Burma since the end of WWII to this day. [ If I'm not mistaken, both Hmong and Karen were lured with their own autonomous state/independent nation... As a result, there are over three hundred thousand Hmong and two hundred thousand Karen tribal people, refugees in the USA.] "U.S is the Most Warlike Nation in History of the World" - Jimmy Carter, former U.S president Speaking of U.S which has been at war 225 out of 243 years since 1776 when it was founded on the looted Colonized land of Native American people.

[@AGrace-tw6ku]

@@misterjorge2581 "Anglos caused most of the world's problems." - David Cameron, former British Prime Minister The fact that notorious Anglo Western clans are major participants & benefactors of Colonization worldwide, stretching from North America, the land rightfully belongs to indigenous Native American people to Australia/New Zealand in Asia-Pacific, the land rightfully belongs to Native people of Asia Pacific region. - As a matter of fact, here in Singapore, a tiny island with 6 million souls lives like sardines in a can, where else in nearby vast bountiful Australia which is ten thousand times 10,000 bigger with a mere 27 million inhabitants. Similar situation in tiny and packed Japan, which is running out of space and land. Do you know that their living room and bedroom are the same place, and that most Japanese people sleep in their living room? 😔 - While European Colonizers such as Britain and Russia have already Colonized half of Asia, stretching from Australia/New Zealand, to Siberia/Far-East, all in the Asia-Pacific region.., Native people of Asia-Pacific are fighting for a few tiny islands left out there in the South China Sea. Obviously something is not right here! - Moreover, all these invaders Colonizers do is dig and empty out all the bountiful abundant natural mineral resources from the looted giant resourceful landmass in Asia-Pacific, and sell them back to Asia-Pacific nations. True, it has been their largest export, earning several hundred billion dollars, every year. - In my very humble opinion, Asia has been under attack from Anglo British, since they sailed halfway around the world from jolly old England in Europe, and looted this vast bountiful so-called Australia landmass in Asia Pacific region in the late 18th century? Why didn't they occupy beautiful fertile Iceland, right above them just a short distance away, with hardly any people there, even today? - May I ask why is Australia, a vast resourceful Continent in Asia-Pacific, only a few hundred miles away from South-East Asia had no Asian-Pacific Islanders in that vast land originally, historically inhabiting when Anglo pirates, some 10,000 miles away England, sailed half the world away, and looted in late 18th century? This doesn't make sense, since Asian-Pacific Islanders originally and historically inhabited and resided in the Pacific islands such as Guam, Tonga, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and Hawaii. - May I ask if Anglo clans have any laws at all for dealing with past and present notorious global cardinal crimes like Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization of vast bountiful resourceful Continents, such as North America, which rightfully belongs to indigenous Native Americans, and to Australia and New Zealand in Asia-Pacific region, which rightfully belongs to Native people of Asia Pacific? I agree. It's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners. Notorious global cardinal sins & crimes that Anglo West has committed and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask?

[@AGrace-tw6ku]

"Among the five main Anglo nations of Britain, USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, all but Britain were looted from others." 'History is written by the victors and liars.' [Napoleon Bonaparte] Speaking of 'the rule of Law', may I ask where is the rule of law when the Anglo West is practicing centuries-long global Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization? May I ask when will the Anglo West face justice for their notorious centuries-long global crimes of Slavery, Colonialism and Colonization from North/South America to Australia/New Zealand? Speaking of 'crime'.., remember, it’s only a crime if you lose... The Anglo Western bloc had been on the winning side for about three centuries. Obviously, they couldn't care less about the "crimes" any more.

[@AGrace-tw6ku]

"We're still here.. We are not going anywhere." ~ Native Americans 🤔 May I ask if you care to know the fact that the Second Amendment in the USA was historically put in place in the American Constitution, mainly to encourage slaughtering indigenous Native American people, in order to take over their homeland. Moreover, the hidden mega genocide of indigenous Native Americans population in their motherland, the Continent of America before European Colonizers arrived was around 15 millions, while European population in their motherland, Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native Americans population in their motherland is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continent of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'! For instance, 200 years ago in the USA, around 3 million Germans came, and now there are 65 millions German-Americans; while 150 years ago, around 2 millions Irish came, and now there are 45 million Irish-Americans. While 500 years ago there were estimated to be 5 to 6 millions indigenous Native Americans in the USA, before Christopher Columbus arrived, today there are only around 2 million indigenous Native Americans survived. Imagine this scenario, if Native American people cross the Atlantic, invade and Colonize Europe, and slaughter most Europeans, and put the remaining populations in tiny reservations, for 500 long years. How would Europeans feel about it? Think about it. All they need is their beloved motherland back, the lands that their ancestors' forebears had lived through thick and thin, endured through hardships and all for generations. Besides, indigenous Native Americans in Colonized lands of Anglo British, Spaniard and others are more of the same. Kill the indigenous Natives and whoever is left, marginalize them and create artificial poverty, once that poverty becomes crime and drinking, the media points to the poor and blames them to continue to stigmatize the 'other' community, scumbags, etc. Amazing fact that Indigenous Natives had built such great civilizations as Mayan, Inca and Aztec without outside help, and all from scratch, and all on their own, since they had been cut off from the rest of the world for twenty thousand years. In other words, they actually are great and proud people. Imagine what it would be like today if Native Americans had possessed some sort of nuclear weapons to defend themselves, and their beloved motherlands from invaders Colonizers? The answer is they would still have their own beloved motherlands, plus their population comparable to that of the European population. Like I said, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Notorious global cardinal crimes the Anglo West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery and Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on? 🤔

[@riotsquadgaming7460]

it's interesting seeing videos like this. and the labs. everything. i experienced that firsthand myself when i was an addict. been clean since november 2020. hope everyone else is having a great day!

[@dylanacosta4288]

Any tips for overcoming addiction

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Very nice video and very informative. Keep up the good work.

[@tzh96116]

well, most of their infos r wrong

[@garrymitchell2345]

I remember working taking tours in the Hill Tribes of Thailand in the late nineties. The night time donkeys caravans with armed guards carrying it. Saw too many get addicted and die. My good friend Ut, a really interesting man with so much knowledge taken. God Rest His Soul and the souls of all those that have suffered and are suffering. Peace.

[@nnUzizz]

I'm Thai and I live in Bangkok Thailand for 30 years I find this is a very interesting true story behind what actually happened here in Thailand.

[@sahpraphaphorn6240]

@@154g Your life bro.

[@babkeebabkus8177]

myanmar red wa army has been moving tonnes of heroin across the border into thailand for decades...it's old news...red wa pay a cut to CCP in China and must pay a cut to myanmar army...of course thai army in cooperation with red wa army so they get $$ too...also the trade in young preteen shan girls into thailand has been a massive lucrative business...not so much after about 2005 but still happening...more underground...it's all a simple case of in capitalism supply must always rise to meet demand...if someone has enough $$ to pay they can get anything they want...most of us humans are here feeding our desires or enjoying to alter our consciousness with drugs so nothing is strange and anything goes...people do what they do

[@CyVinci]

@@154g Trust me you don’t want to be caught with any kind of narcotic in Thailand you will face a very long prison sentence or death.

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@chinaboss6683]

I love the big curvy women at the Grace Hotel.

[@luxuryhub1323]

I was strongly addicted to meth from the age 17 until age 31. I have all my teeth, my skin isn’t riddled with holes and sores but, it really f’d me up physically because I wasn’t taking care of myself , I was picking at my skin, not eating, not sleeping, etc & it took me about 2 years after I got clean to get back to normal physically. I am happy to be 8 years clean today *update* I’ve had a few think I’m a bot, or full of crap but I’m real & so is my story. I want to clarify that I am not without any damage to my body from my years in addiction, that would be foolish to claim. I was just simply saying that in MY experience that I am thankful I still have my teeth & my scars from picking, etc have mostly faded. I am aware that I am highly privileged in that regard because so many have completely destroyed their bodies. thank God for everything

[@andrejakobsson5790]

I care. How is the mental part. Alot of people talk about how they end up physically. I mean the mental part is what I find must be most damaged?

[@Tax_Free]

I would say your not thinking of the damage it did to your Brian and your mental health how are those things I was an iv user for about 3 years I have all my teeth and look normal but I know im not the same other people don't see anything but i do meth is a horrible drug and I don't believe your as lucky as you say you are but thats just my opinion what do I know

[@BaamTheIrregular]

Yo what's did you like about meth? My parents have done it for years and I'm kinda curious why they like it so much

[@paxmega9506]

@@andrejakobsson5790 addiction specialists say that it takes at least a year for your brain to rewire and start becoming more normal. There is some damage however that's permanent. Also depending on your drug of choice is what symptoms and damage you deal with while sober. Plus the traumatic events you undergo during use can cause ptsd, anxiety, and ocd throught the rest of your life. For example being robbed could cause you to compulsively check your house locks multiple times a day, panic attacks at a grocery store when someone walks behind you, or even flashbacks from watching movies or hearing a loud bang to trigger you to relive the time your friend was murdered.

[@Tax_Free]

@@BaamTheIrregular i was homeless and did it to stay awake other then that I hated it but if you didn't want to get robbed and no place to sleep safely that drug would be your best friend I do feel for the homeless that use for that reason

[@pvshxr817]

Thanks VICE for sharing War On Drugs with us🔥

[@khalilsulaiman8451]

About 25 years ago we took a family trip through Thailand. Right from Bangkok all the way to the northern point in Chiang Mai. Got to see the Golden triangle where the three rivers meet. Along the way in Chiang Mai we took time to visit some of the villages. Most the villages that we visited we're just built with bamboo and wooden huts. Barely any running water. But we got to this one village and it's homes had concrete foundations, electricity, and they were watching the world cup on one of the televisions. Our guide even bought a couple guns from them. When I asked where they got all these resources from, my mom just pointed to the mountainside and said poppies. The entire mountainside was covered with poppies for opium production. It was an incredible sight.

[@minubinu2102]

This comment put things into perspective for me and brought another side to the story. Thank you for sharing this.

[@khalilsulaiman8451]

@@minubinu2102 it's a big world out there, I'm glad I was able to have and share that experience.

[@billymadison8574]

What decade & town was this in that u could see poppies...?

[@khalilsulaiman8451]

@@billymadison8574 I don't remember the name of the town. It was between 1995-1998

[@khalilsulaiman8451]

@@billymadison8574 I do remember the closest actual town was about an hour and 45 minutes away. Our guide had concerns that we wouldn't like the accommodations in one of the villages that we stayed at. So he said if we wanted to go that was our time to get back into the city before hotels closed. Long story short we had a great time we slept in wooden huts with no mattresses, a sheet and something that barely resembled a pillow.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

One thing never seems to get mentioned here:WHY meth/yaba are so important to SE Asia. Answer: Low-grade meth is a chemical slavedriver used to keep workers in sweatshops churning out goods for hours to days with no rest. These sweatshops' owners buy large amounts to hand out to the workers, who then get addicted. When the workers are used up and fired or the factory closes, they're still addicts; only they're now street addicts. So between the owners and ex-workers, a very large trade in cheap street-level meth for the Narco lords is right there for the taking.

[@homelessman3483]

Was wondering when they would mention that. Thailand has always had a history of working class stimulant use in order to deal with long brutal days. From kratom to khat to yaba

[@dsnodgrass4843]

@@homelessman3483 They never mention this. The narrative is always "drug users are society's dregs" etc. That feeds into a lot of this Duterte -level posturing about enforcement.

[@catherine4077]

Workers ? Many of them were sold as slaves by agents. Ever heard about Thailand's slave fishing industry ? That was an uproar. Till this day, nobody knows how many people were killed. Also red light district business, many women were sold and they use meth to control these women. I always deny when someone invites me to go on a trip to Thailand, they only know a good beach, not the dangers behind that. It's very dangerous even if I can bring my gun, I will never go there. After all, reality is not a movie and I don't have alpha CIA dad like Brian in hurricane rescue. Knowledge is a blessing even if it could be a misfortune at sometimes, better to have it than not having it.

[@oof8850]

My God that's horrible.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

@@catherine4077 Many variations on the relationships exist, but the meth is a common thread; as both a medicine and a currency. The problem is how often this angle gets ignored in discussions of meth use worldwide.

[@jbyanx]

Oh wow, we think we know and we absolutely know nothing....This was very eye opening and educative . Thank you so much for you and your team getting this done. This needs to be shared on prime time TV for the world to see we can only share but not yo the numbers that need to see this.... Thanks again for excellent reporting

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@DrPhill96]

😂

[@Petersonmgee]

YOU know nothing… not us. How old are you?

[@alistair981]

Thanks Vice, been waiting for a good coverage on Golden Triangle.

[@12Nordsee]

very informative, thank you

[@vonvard9765]

I love this series. I appreciate your effort

[@jadedwitness9840]

You and you only bro

[@vonvard9765]

@@jadedwitness9840 god forbid people try and make these videos for other people.

[@Java_Nutz]

@@jadedwitness9840 ya I’m not a fan of these ones…. I love the in depth documentaries about drugs and other things not these 10 minute clips.

[@daMillenialTrucker]

@@jadedwitness9840 I hate vices political bs rants they go on, but you take that away, and give us this type of content and they're absolutely legendary at it. They just need to quit the political crap

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@ToH1ZZL3]

That bit at the end always gives me chills

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

Lighting up some hot rails just in time for this new upload! Meth+vice=heaven

[@ezekielpatlan2324]

Line me up captian!

[@eliasfaklaris]

How do you deal with the taste

[@SkiiBartlett155]

Jus shut up

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

@@eliasfaklaris by not actually doing them lol

[@teejay7287]

@@goatpepperherbaltea7895 Got some actual meth heads in the chat 😂😂

[@raoulkid]

VICE, giving you stories you already know about, breaking old news, on the fringe of absolutely nothing, good work, keep it up

[@rickdiaz427]

Looking forward to the next video, Golden Crescent maybe ?

[@txcaponeyoungjerry9435]

This dude always talks real that why vice one my favorite channels in KZbin

[@rewsterfewd1226]

always heard stories, news articles, and seen movies about the golden triangle. Cool that vice was able to cover it

[@billymadison8574]

@Tiberius Zann lived in a border town near Loas, then in Si Lom & Sukhumvit in Bangkok...it's not "filled with it there". They call it Ya Ba. It exists there, but it's hard to find since the penalties for having it are severe

[@batmanvsupermanyoutube925]

Its absurd that vice omitted the fact that it was established by kuomintang.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

@@batmanvsupermanyoutube925 KMT was financed by US to do so. And before that, the British started mass production for the Opium Wars. The West opened Pandora's box and acts like it's all innocent.

[@batmanvsupermanyoutube925]

@@user-pd9ju5dk5s its hopeless. Kmt murdered & smeared by sweet nobody father. Decades later, their tiger cubs in nyc chinatown orchestrated their own good will hunting spearheaded by a tsinoy maniac who lied about being displaced by 9/11 using a Newsday interview thanks to the tsinay editor who 2 yrs later also sanctified Thomas Sung as the George Bailey of Chinatown. 9 yrs later in 2012, this undeserved label was re used in an even more dishonest casting of the entire billionaire family as victims of racism. About a year later, I learned there was a lawsuit disproving the displaced article where he swore under oath that he had a third apartment that he claimed was his primary residence. The evolution of kuomintang diaspora is unimaginable. I have no idea why Vice is so corrupt in their coverage.

[@dmbfannh]

I am impressed by the host he speaks so nicely and is extremely good looking at that 😊

[@Drk-cb5ot]

I love these vids

[@Luke-tg9jy]

This isn't a supply problem, its a demand problem.

[@Enlightened0ne]

You have been pumping out drug content. That's why we congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs

[@maeksu]

I lived there for 2 years (2018-2020, just north of Chiang Mai). As an ex-addict, this underworld fascinated me to the point of eventually meeting people involved in Yaba and even China White. Buddy got popped coming back from the mountain on the motorbike I lent him (which wasn't mine to lend). He did 2 years for a few grams of heroin, even as a Thai national and Military man. For dealing you can get the death penalty I heard. Didn't stop me from riding around like a lunatic picking up drugs or going clubbing. Not gonna lie, it was pretty good times and good memories. I got out lucky. I've always intended on returning and making a documentary on this kind of thing, but here we have a (undoubtedly) better one for us to enjoy! Kop kun krub!

[@dennisreed4732]

When was this filmed? When did this originally air on vice? If anyone knows really appreciate it ty

[@npd6225]

My cousin was seeing a school teacher around the the start of Covid Lockdowns here in Aus. One night she pulled out the pipe and said “it’s like being high on coke for hours” thankfully my cousin didn’t touch it. 2.5 years later She sent him a Facebook DM asking for $5 or “whatever he could afford” to help her get a key cut as she “locked her keys inside the house” which clearly doesn’t make sense when you think about it. He responded with “what?” And she started video calling him non-stop. He finally answered and took screenshots of what she looked like now and it was the Saddest and most brutal thing I’ve seen in a while.

[@steshar2975]

Damn that's sad.

[@juliogonzo2718]

Freind of mine was with an addict for a while and turned into one. Crack meth fentanyl, anything he could get. Was on it for probably two years. He's been clean for a year and a half now.

[@BPchadlite]

Your cousin is a square AND a party pooper

[@deancameron3740]

It's gotten ridiculous here in Oz, cheaper and more potent than ever. I did use it on weekends for years but haven't touched it in a few years, I see people I used to hang out with and they're fried it's sad

[@juliogonzo2718]

@@deancameron3740 it is everywhere here in Canada too. Even small towns have meth problems

[@jyfuklyvfkj]

thank's to the presenter's deceptive black-metalesque t-shirt I looked them up and got to watch 'Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto', who doesn't exactly sound like Impaled Nazarene or Dissection, but still entertaining in a dissociative kind of way

[@andrewgeorge9393]

I dig your shirt brother!👌👌💪💪😎😎

[@boombot934]

Vice, please, do the maths of legal - drug store - prices of most popular drugs sorry, just can't wrap my head around it...

[@Freddan0]

I thought the title said "Math warlords". Damn, would've been so cool

[@catherine4077]

Golden triangle is legit. For example, I've been to Myanmar, many local insurgents were actually planting and selling drugs. And local govt forces are also cooperating as far as I knew and heard, mainly those drug Lords would give two choices to officers - money or bullet. That was the most real and incredible story I heard in my trip when I visited to a company which did Jade mining. Myanmar, Thailand,Laos are the real dangerous countries.

[@shivarulez]

Are you insane

[@babkeebabkus8177]

burmese red wa army have been operating for decades moving tonnes of heroin across the Thai border for sale...this army (which also must pay a cut to CCP in China and pay a cut to myanmar army) has of course been in cooperation with the thai army...big $$...a hugely corrupted part of the world but really all thru south amercia this stuff is happening...politicians and police paid off coz money buys anyone and anything...there used to be a very lucrative trade in young shan girls across border to thailand too...I remember back in late 90's there was a street filled with brothels just over the thai side of border at tachilek...thai side is mae sai...there were girls of 9..10..11...12 years old available for sex and the street was always busy with thais and chinese and japanese men...not so many western tourists...back at that time svay pak in cambodia was in full operation with police guarding at the gate and little girls as young as 7 available for sexual dealings...all vietnamese girls...young teens getting a lot of traffic from tourists all over the world...these operations are not out in the open now but stuff still happening underground...it is a simple case of in capitalism supply must always rise to meet demand...I mean how do we stop men with $$ from wanting to feed their desires?

[@wildy59]

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

[@domn8886]

Trying to be 150th comment...VICE is addicting to watch!!!

[@yam2050]

Learned about golden triangle back in 2012 or something in a Korean drama..it was fun.

[@sn350channel]

War on drugs... really can't be defeated

[@GorillaEats777]

Seems it NEVER going to end the own government, politicians, etc. Are all into it too, in México even the president’s are under payroll

[@Petersonmgee]

Yes we can and we WILL defeat this BS war on drugs. WE WILL BE FREE.

[@lronhubbard8580]

The war on drugs is a war against us. A war on any inanimate object is a direct war against the individual not the drugs.

[@carolkaram246]

Wish you’d investigate how involved the US agencies and British agencies are in the drug trade

[@criztaliz3413]

I think vice get incentified by US to make bad appearance for china government. So they can blame china about homeless and unemployed people there.

[@markonikolic7957]

I guess that's a no no for them 🤷‍♂️

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

British started the mass production of those plants in 1800s for Opium War with China. Then US funded KMT to start production again in WW2 to combat communist China

[@raymondsmith9886]

watch last white hope

[@frankmurphy7234]

U no they can't do that

[@operez6519]

3:06 They’re playing the Warno soundtrack cool!

[@derrickforeal]

Great doc; vice is bringing it lately.

[@myfaveyoutube]

compared to when?

[@bluechurchowl7641]

@@myfaveyoutube YO MAMA

[@myfaveyoutube]

@@bluechurchowl7641 what's she done now

[@kalui96]

@@myfaveyoutube compared to the time when they used to put out way more of those "book club" type videos, the music reviews... We subbed to vice to see some really intense stuff. Naturally we are disappointed when we are shown safe manufactured content

[@davidyoro1504]

@@myfaveyoutubeo

[@cashnexus2989]

FINALLY, a journalist who can pronounce 'yaba' properly. Good that Vice employs people with actual cultural/liguistic connections to the country being reported on

[@DrLauraRPalmer]

Yeah because THATS just so important. 😏

[@greendream4437]

Who cares

[@glebogryzarkaspalinowa7379]

its literally so obvious how to spell it 💀

[@cashnexus2989]

@@glebogryzarkaspalinowa7379 Not really, there's a variety of transliterations. Then there's the tonal aspect to Thai

[@cashnexus2989]

@@DrLauraRPalmer To convey intelligence and respect...sure, plenty wouldn't care 😏

[@justinboydston1088]

w consistency

[@zikriganteng9343]

Sangat mengejutkan🤘

[@undertakersixxx7212]

I've tried Yaba, it has a strawberry smell, it comes in various shapes and colours like green and yellow but the most is pink or maroon. I'm a former smuggler myself and believe me, when they get caught and if the media says they've seized drugs worth of $10 million dollars, in reality, it would be like worth $1 million or even less. Cops likes to exaggerate for faster promotion. Just saying 🤷.

[@thewonderfulwizardoftheweb5681]

Same thing in the US when cops catch a car full of drugs

[@Tatatatatatattttatata]

In India, Police catch drug worth 10 million will show only 1 million and 9 million worth will be gone in their hand and they get rich.

[@ShawnaMarone-xh2ei]

Fuchsia white boy

[@Daniel-kz5iq]

There's only one way to fight the meth tide. the legalization of heroin! I know about the subject and have been dealing with the subject of drugs, politics and security for about 20 years. I maintain that the drug problem is wanted worldwide. Only the poorest of the poor have to fear the real consequences. People are persecuted and punished who are ill and already have serious problems. Drug addiction is nothing more than self-therapy that led to addiction without control and guidance. The biggest and, in my opinion, the only problem is the prosecution of end consumers.

[@slimfastfret]

i highly second that, sir.

[@gidd]

I agree. Especially with the last part

[@devansantori557]

Wow I couldn't have said it better myself. It's really wild how spot on you match my own veiws... except for the last part at least where I'm from you don't go to jail for possession anymore. Thank God.

[@DrCockNBalls]

Legalizing heroin won't make people stop doing Meth. I agree that we need to find ways to help people with addictions get clean though.

[@geckomcgraw2692]

I came here to post the same thing, legalize heroin as an addiction treatment, I’m on methadone and it’s inhumane

[@hendrasambosetiawan0]

GOD BLESS DJ💕🎧WORLD ALL Genre 😋💃🏿

[@alum798]

nobody : Vice : Litteraly creating a new drug documentary each month XD

[@boombot934]

And could be bought from pharmacy? Absolutely clean, FDA approved?

[@ShujathHussain0]

Vice and drugs. A match made in heaven!

[@thinksmart5580]

5 minutes clean😄

[@thewolf3889]

Shan xayu yunyaw !

[@realitycheck3672]

*Drugs Has Won The War On Drugs*

[@patrickharris5917]

Definitely

[@fzlirm]

Khun Sa is the legendary drug emperor, he never get caught and have private army, some people said his descendents still running the businesses until now

[@thebangkokconnection4080]

And he never made meth, he made heroin and the Bush administration built a road for the heroin to be transported down, the road only went into the drug region.

[@tibuuso]

They live comfortably as elite in Myanmar. They are officially endorsed by Myanmar military as business partners.

[@kallah4999]

Vice and they didn`t get a personal interview with Myanmar military and their production labs? I`m disappointed...

[@jayyu4970]

What ever facts makes you happy man

[@stephendragon6721]

Legalise all drugs.

[@E.E.Mac13]

yeah so your nephew has easy access to meth 😂 wow youre smart

[@vastpiano5552]

But you also gotta do regulations (like with alcohol) & drug treatment & it has to be done in many countries simultaneously

[@fakesh0t]

off and on for 10 years, it was fun until i was getting instant psychosis,. just hitting the pipe once... it kept reoccurring so i quit and ive been sober for 3 years 4 months and going...

[@venetiaschroder3710]

Hey hey, keep pushing thrw. Uve got this. Strongs 👍

[@BarelySocialExperiment]

Same thing happened to me I did meth for years but when crystal became dirt cheap it would make me go into instant psychosis every time I could take one hit or a bump and be insane…thank god I beat it

[@jpod73]

What was the psychosis like?

[@oddishhonor]

Congrats on your sobriety and best wishes on it continuing

[@fakesh0t]

@@BarelySocialExperiment glad your doing better brother

[@carlbickle9467]

Interesting presentation!!!..is he visually challenged?I ask because he seems unsure of where the camera is..aside from this,excellent as ever reporting...vice are forward thinking with finger very much on the pulse...respect.

[@jameskim3915]

I get my from an online store his got shroom, psychedelic and microdosing products well refined also ships to anywhere discreetly, can also guide you on anything.

[@jameskim3915]

His on Instagrams, with also telegrams with,,

[@jameskim3915]

*Mycopete%

[@LarryLeaders]

The Capri sun of Catalytic Converters

[@boombot934]

Vice staffers, and Jamie Clifton in particular, please, make a video about the economics of drug's production, i.e. what it takes to make a drug and whatsoever,

[@mikeschmitty4438]

Hamiltons Pharamacopia, its basically what you are asking for

[@EnochDark]

Forget meth I just want ephedra back...

[@chcgo2undaground]

The Golden Triangel was notorious during the VietNam war when the heroin that American troops used come from this area....

[@skrenspankemup1696]

Yo what's the shirt host is wearing?

[@tinahtoo1580]

Khun Sa was not a regular Shan person. Nor were the Shan army opium dealers. Before he assumed the Shan name "Khun Sa" in 1976, he was known primarily by his Chinese name, Zhang Qifu (張奇夫). It is the Wa people and he was their leader the Mong Tai Army Shan United Revolutionary Army a faction but not the larger Shan Army.

[@pete3122]

Just been on a trip up here , very interesting place indeed. They have an opium museum.

[@billymadison8574]

Yup, Chiang Rai museum is dope. Hope u checked out Lop Buri on the way there 👌

[@pete3122]

@@billymadison8574 I was in there for 2 hours , had to make myself speed up at the end.

[@theundeadsaint1859]

Can you do a vid on the rise of fentanal laced street weedand how it is become a rise and danger in North California/ world

[@not10hr69]

Do a video abt under ground atl

[@appallokelley3207]

I can’t believe people like that crap , it blows my mind that anyone would like that feeling , especially in hot tropical weather.

[@julianshepherd2038]

shut up and get back to work

[@destroya3303]

I think it is less popular there than this documentary leads people to believe. I see far more tweakers in San Diego than I ever did in Bangkok. And I lived there for 2 years.

[@HdHd-hp6qz]

Euphoria is the sunshine and beautiful settings would only enhance the pleasure.

[@QNEGRO1]

Governments need to find ways of making people rich in their country not spending money on wars against drugs, if it wasn't for poverty and unequal rights or pay they wouldn't have to deal drugs now would they?

[@safiamacher7745]

Cover the frankfurt hbf situation

[@franklee9458]

Nice one Vice, when are you guys coming to Nigeria to do some documentaries like this on drugs not just pills but Ice in particular, it's everywhere in the streets you can find it as cheap as you can afford.

[@mctransportation9831]

Nigeria is a big party.

[@donalain69]

If someone has a little knpowledge about the History of the golden triangle, he must know how obsurd the claim China supplys them with weapons is. Th drug trade there was originally started by the the 8th Army, known to foreign observers as 93rd Division of the nationalist Kuomintang Army (KMT). When the KMT lost the war aginst Mao and retreated to Taiwan, they were stationed in Yunnan and could not reach the coast, so they had to march over the mountains into the jungles of Burma. Their goal was to retake China, and they where armed and suplied by the CIA.... obviously not by China. Also the CIA plays a major role in the regions drug business, but that video does not even mention that once. Instead it accuses China for the mess the US created.

[@perrycheong1058]

Many of the synthetic drugs i.e. amphetamine, ketamine, fentanyl & etc that currently exist in the global/international black market come from China though. However, this is because of the market demand, which had always, and would always exist, along with the overall 'war on drugs' policy.

[@donalain69]

@@perrycheong1058 I doubt China is a large exporter of drugs. They import MDMA from the Netherlands to be able to meet the demand in their own country. (source wikipedia article: "illegal drug traede in CHina" chapter: "synthetic drugs") What they are exprorting are precursor Chemicals that are legal in China while being banned in most western nations. But i would not blame them for that, since the only effect it has is increasing the quality and safety of synthetic drugs, not the quantity. Thereare enough other ways to manufacture them without those precursors. (source: Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture By Uncle Fester)

[@nathanfrankel]

Was going to say something similar. The OSS (precursor of the CIA) played the major role in the Golden Triangle drug trade, even importing heroin into the US to fund covert operations they couldn't get funding for through Congress. Operation Gladio needed money from somewhere. A lot of US propaganda in this one.

[@user-gb6ko5kl5c]

The cia had always supplied weapons to drug cartels of South America too. No big power is innocent in the war on drugs, all they cared about is leverage in geopolitics and money; they had no real Interest in keeping the average people safe from drugs. Vice’s prejudiced view about communist China is just always as usual.

[@DarkhawkGaming23]

They used to grow poppies for heroin production too, good old nr.4 .

[@foxtailedcritter]

Me as an aussie casually traveling to the golden triangle to buy cheaper ice

[@prunehead]

As tyson might say "thith thituation gunna become methy.

[@AshkaryRahman]

My country ( Bangladesh), neighboring borders and harboring Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, is more or less going through a Yaba epidemic locally called Baba ( father ), especially in the capital, home of 20 million, Dhaka. Our government went on a war against drugs, with a rigorous approach ( kinda like Duterte) , but definitely drugs won xD . now we are kinda considering comparatively liberal policies by making beers legal or taking restrictions off Alcohol and etc. Kinda nostalgic to see Baba getting Viced :3

[@MJ_M]

Lol so they want people to stop doing these drugs and drink alcohol instead?

[@SeisoPervert]

Tbf epidemic is way way before Rohingy refugees. Bengaladesh is main port for Ice trade.

[@shars9860]

So does india’s north east border states. Its the route, with corrupt govt. and workers. Idk if these kind of drugs were already here but we were aware of it. Refugees were also the source of these trading

[@NujhatTabassum]

the narrator looks so great.. hii

[@toasty.MCdankass]

I seen the fancy lighter and thought it might be a 2 chainz try out vid

[@caramello7460]

These guys make the pure South East Asian #4 heroin as it's called, very rare to find in America these days but Australia is flooded with it.. no fent in it either and prices right now in Australia is about $600 a gram and 10-12k AUD for an Oz.... That's how much money these guys are making it's insane

[@rblxcasino5104]

its only $600 a gram cause you get it off the street which they upcharge everything. If u want real prices then get it shipped overseas from dn or just get it locally from dn and it'd be half the price you'd find on the street

[@caramello7460]

@@rblxcasino5104 this isn't true lol, local dn suppliers are more expensive and it's really risky to get overseas because customs are so tight here and you can't get the pure white SEA #4 from overseas it's all the brown stuff which isnt as good as what's here from SEA, no-one will look twice at the brown/beige stuff

[@fattypark]

Wait...this isn't about Harrogate, York and Leeds!

[@connerd1313]

The Australian bikers getting arrested @9:20 has a siick vest

[@mahkuntizitchy2083]

8:59...Max Headroom moment.

[@qudintruckers6741]

WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DRUGS FOR WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS!

[@Crazy--Clown]

Well done Jamie

[@Kabutoes]

Kuomingtang Chinese soldiers, Burmese warlords, Laotian army generals, Vietnam War, Frank Lucas, communists, CIA, god what a wild ride

[@viktorcheng2061]

American Gangster was a good movie, learned about the golden triangle from a movie

[@thrisbt1]

put them all out of business by simply supplying demand in the least damaging manner within a non-profit framework

[@jayflow7949]

Wow that’s crazy

[@ajdinomanovic9758]

Thank you Vice for your continuous efforts into documenting everything on drugs every other day which will probably lead me to being a coke zombie soon!

[@myfaveyoutube]

3-5 times a week I reckon by the look of ya

[@WinstonNewYork]

Can't tell if you're being ironic, but that's why it's not good to dwell on evil mate. What about finding Christ and saving your eternal soul instead? Being unironically blunt, if I may.

[@WinstonNewYork]

@@ReanuKeevesAus Riigghht. You WILL believe in Hell when you get there. (St Padre Pio)

[@ReanuKeevesAus]

@@WinstonNewYork I already believe in God!

[@WinstonNewYork]

@@ReanuKeevesAus Cool. But goodness, . . .not the fear of being a cocaine cowboy?

[@MrStonedStone]

Proud to be Thai

[@Petersonmgee]

Why? Are you a meth user?

[@MrStonedStone]

@@Petersonmgee sarcasm brother 😂

[@baztarta]

Id like to have a beer with Duncan cos Duncan's mi mate. Get that up ya.

[@mohdshahrilsalleh3657]

In my place in Malaysia yaba was sell 10 ringgit Malaysia. It was in every village. It a phenomenal

[@birdsandthingsbeachandbush1064]

I haven't used Meth in 3 years and stopped after 20 years, This is hard to watch, in 2020 Meath was $250 a point a point is 1+10th of a gram here in Perth Western Australia I think it's down to $100 now but soon will drop back to $50 a point.

[@melissajones5474]

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@trippy_psyche1

[@Seyorone]

I dont know why but I find the bulb pipe to be such a trigger, Im off of Meth two years now. But for some reason when I see the pipe it makes me want to hit it again even though I know how gross it taste and the effects it has on your body are atrocious. I wont ever go back to that life, really wish I understood the part of the brain that thinks this way because most times it doesnt even feel like its yourself thinking these things.

[@HdHd-hp6qz]

Its the cloudy swirl of the smoke that you remember in the bowl right before you take a hit. It tastes like crack to me. It’s definitely something that tells you it will destroy you completely if you carry on using it. That’s why I only use it once every 6 months and plan it properly take a week off work so I have enough time to recover back to reality and my normal schedule in life. The buzz from it is too for me to say I’ll never try that again. But I’m also self aware that it will destroy me if I ever decided to be weak enough to start taking it more than twice a year with no preparation at all. I know people that do the same thing with crack aswell once a year as a darkside treat.

[@zephyrezra5431]

I'm from Golden Triangle in Myanmar. I had addicted to those drugs. Most of male in my family are also addicted.But now they are dead.Only Few left.....

[@badboyknuckles5094]

We call it wy out here ,it makes u awake for long long time and smells really good like perfume

[@erichalverson411]

Time to visit, do some Muay Thai and some crystal lol. Wonder what $50.00 USD would get me in terms of quantity. Lol.

[@zic_sporesoninstagramsellsgood]

Hit up 👆 the handle..He ships 🍄🍫💊💨