The 'New Fentanyl' Killing Drug Users in Europe | The War on Drugs

A new synthetic opiate has killed dozens of European heroin users. Nitazenes, which are up to 300 times more potent than heroin, are increasingly showing up in the continent’s drug supply, sparking fears that they could fuel a surge of overdoses, on par with North America’s fentanyl crisis.
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[@tenfold7493]

We’re now in such a degraded society that genuine heroin seems like a cigarette compared to what’s out there now

[@daveydudely9954]

no molecule is inherently evil

[@TheTribes44]

@@daveydudely9954 tell that to the chinese scientists cooking up drugs in the lab literally made to ruin entire regions of the world

[@user-Michoacan]

The thing is they cannot find heroin anymore so they go for fentanyl, at least it's like that in the States.

[@ThePainkiller9995]

pure heroin is actually relatively harmless as long as you don't overdose

[@DementiaDon]

@@ThePainkiller9995 Well, strictly in terms of its effects on the body, sure. But it's extremely addictive properties is what makes it so harmful. Heck even people given opiates for legitimate reasons like chronic pain end up very addicted to them. Problem is they're just so ridiculously effective and there's nothing that can replace them.

[@Luc-jq5wp]

Babe wake up Fentanyl 2 just dropped

[@big-boy9716]

Fentanyl²

[@TheGoodOne-bf6up]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@xctkillaprodigyx2586]

Oh man thanks for the laugh. I really needed that!

[@TheGoodOne-bf6up]

@@xctkillaprodigyx2586 U re welcome 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 anytime ! 😆😆😆

[@TheGoodOne-bf6up]

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[@toolittletoolate3917]

Repeat after me: THERE IS NO WAR ON DRUGS, ONLY A WAR FOR DRUGS, PROFIT, AND POWER

[@Roses_777]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🥂

[@NhanVa]

Golden teachers has been my go-to mushroom for months, it has helped in my recovery journey

[@kristahutchinson6519]

You can get out of habits easier after a mushroom trip and get a different routine going, I couldnt even finish a cigarette afterwards because it almost made me throw up with how horrible it tasted.

[@elmerhernandez3780]

after my trip yesterday, I did understand why mushrooms are praised... you can have some beautiful experiences on them..

[@muu1589]

Everything about me changed after that one night I did shrooms. i was so intrigued, amazed and astonished cus i can never expected the level of healing I perceived.

[@mavahenderson7757]

Hello! It appears I have interests, I want to get some.. where do you get from?

[@muu1589]

Doc.felchshrooms

[@valaiopwep7990]

"We can thank authentic afghan heroin for the relative lack of deaths across the continent" Love that sentence

[@christopher9727]

Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@paddyt4043]

Yeah its a crazy fact , a trillion dollars wasted on a war with the only Benefit being the riddance of heroin production , now synthetics and fentanol are cheaper and poised to take over ...its insane....thank heavens i watched trainspotting alot...

[@ilovetech8341]

Sellers should be criminal. Small personal amounts should be decriminalized.

[@thanhnamnguyen5280]

@@ilovetech8341and how long b4 you share your personal stash with some mates ? And ppl who can still stop but the supply is just easy while help is hard ?

[@Dikbud521]

Does anyone think it’s weird that pretty soon after the “liberation” of Afghanistan - a country with only one really well known export -there was an opioid crisis in the United States?

[@deagle2yadome696]

“it’s a form of self harm, this is” absolutely

[@romamoryoutube]

literally

[@rainaflores779]

@@romamoryoutube You talk about how before their addiction they were all normal and then after the addiction and overdoses its not their fault so just blame somebody let's blame somebody it's not gonna help at all if there is no demand for this drug, it would be shut down. i understand and I feel you where you're coming from. I have an addiction also, it's called delicious food and drinks nonalcoholic And the only one that iblamed is myself. Until that person are their families stop blaming someone else for what they are going through. It's all going downhill for them. They have to own up to it to get out of it. it is not the cartel in Mexico, and it is not the poppies growers in Afghanistan. Take a look in the mirror and you will see where the problem is coming from and who is to blame for that problem which is you.

[@rainaflores779]

You talk about how before their addiction they were all normal and then after the addiction and overdoses its not their fault so just blame somebody let's blame somebody it's not gonna help at all if there is no demand for this drug, it would be shut down. i understand and I feel you where you're coming from. I have an addiction also, it's called delicious food and drinks nonalcoholic And the only one that iblamed is myself. Until that person are their families stop blaming someone else for what they are going through. It's all going downhill for them. They have to own up to it to get out of it. it is not the cartel in Mexico, and it is not the poppies growers in Afghanistan. Take a look in the mirror and you will see where the problem is coming from and who is to blame for that problem which is you.

[@deagle2yadome696]

@@rainaflores779 bro who are you even talking to and are you okay?

[@keeper6458]

​@@deagle2yadome696I have no clue lol

[@LetsTalkAboutSportsLIve]

My own brother overdosed on fent 38 yrs old. I miss him everyday.

[@user-yr2mx9mn1j]

Sorry for your loss

[@honigtopf7579]

Womp womp

[@extrullorgd4444]

​@@honigtopf7579you suck

[@arufai]

So sorry

[@Katyerina]

​@@honigtopf7579 How can people like you even exist

[@janis0085]

Most of the people are slaving away just to survive. Its actually a miracle that it has not happened earlier

[@MikeGreenwood51]

The miracle may be thousands of people working to prevent importation and supply plus use.

[@AliciaM5555]

Truly 🌹

[@MultiSciGeek]

Because weed and alcohol lmao. You won't get stuck on heroin, if no one introduces you to it. In the US, that's the pharmaceutical companies and doctors.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

@@MultiSciGeek You stated 'the pharmaceutical companies and doctors are who introduces people In the US to heroin use'. Almost as if you blaimed or accused US pharmaceutical companies and doctors of being one of the key groups behind the US problem. But are there therefore no regulatory laws in the USA? Is heroin not a controlled substance as it is over here in England requiring a licence as well as qualification to distribute or prescribe. So therefore heroin or opiates is a prescription only drug which can only be prescribe by qualified and licenced dorctors? So how is it that they as you stated are behind an epidemic of illegal uncontrolled non qualified use by those poor supposed addicts. The doctors are only permitted to prescribe for medical reasons and so any opioid prescriptions are for servea medical needs. The US pharmaceutical companies are not pushing street drugs or drugs for illegal purposes. Their licence to supply is dependant upon their supplys being to only prescription cases when the drug is prescription only. Those junkies you see in the video cooking up their junk on tin foil is some derilict environment are users of the underground black market buying from unlicenced non qualified criminals. Is that not how it is really? See that guy at 10:47 using strrt methods! If a qualified doctor prescribed and instructed him to do that then the doctor could be struck off and lose nearly $100,000 dollars per annum legitamate income.

[@710Bhudda]

Fent 2 before GTA 6 is crazy

[@jintymcginty1469]

😂😂😂😂

[@SilentStudioExplores]

If a child was born on the day of the last release they are almost old enough to play the GTA6 Release at the rate we are going here

[@ChristianBaleNutjob]

You making the same comment all over social media is crazy thirsty for likes 😂

[@lxxny_]

i was j abt to comment this

[@yeet--]

insta ah comment

[@PlopPlays]

Crazy to think that back in the days, we used to have to worry about our drugs being laced with Heroin. Now we have to worry about our Heroin being laced with Fentanyl.

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

Now you have to worry about your fentanyl being laced with nitrazenes.

[@user-ho3fv5jg5k]

The drug supply is all fentanyl now Good luck finding heroin

[@eisenkopf69]

Evolution of mankind. We are on a good way, from every aspect.🤣

[@pinacolada1393]

Evolution of Drugs. Most synthetic chemicals have a counter effect chemical to cancel it.

[@theghostofbabanovac7069]

We ❤ Science !

[@sonjaparlfrost5]

End the war on drugs! 40 years of pain and suffering,the politicians should be ashamed all around the world!

[@missmarie3351]

My little brother ordered off of the dark web and he passed away from a fentanyl overdose due to a laced pill. He was 32 years old...we are from the US 😞 Fentanyl ruined my family's life...I wish more than anything for addicts to get well before they lose their lives to these awful drugs.

[@magdalenawieszczek1309]

His choice.

[@missmarie3351]

@@magdalenawieszczek1309 he and I both grew up in an abusive household...he had PTSD just as I did. It was not his choice to die he had no clue what he was getting. But I see the empathy now a days in others can run dry. It's a real shame. His death was ruled an accidental overdose because no, he did not know there was fentanyl in the pill.

[@magdalenawieszczek1309]

@@missmarie3351 his choice to take drugs, do not find excuses..no one forced drugs on him

[@ThisPlanetIsGhettoAF]

Don't worry bout this bot. Your empathy and strength shows. We have power in numbers, and it seems the world is waking up to the truth of corruption. I hope you're well. Don't let the bastards drag ya down! God bless ✨️🙏

[@pringals420]

Im sorry to hear that. Its a dark sad thing to go through that, to see it, to be in that scene at all. I had a family member and a few friends wither away and die from it. Its not a good time. Ill have ptsd from it forever. Still havnt found a way to deal with the flashbacks and insomnia from it myself. Doctors dont help they just tell me to breath and take melatonin.. its a bit to much.​@@missmarie3351

[@sherryvt61]

Compared to Nitizines, heroin can be considered harm reduction.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

It definitely is. This is all a direct result of not allowing plant drugs to be legal.

[@oldndayzd9281]

​@@Steve-ev6vxman ruins everything nature provides for greed

[@jennbatch6377]

This right here ​@@Steve-ev6vx Ban something, there will always be a demand for it and The stricter we've got in the worst the supply has gotten. Policy makers and law enforcement just doesnt seem to want to learn that lesson

[@chompachangas]

@@Steve-ev6vx Yep. And every time a substance gets banned, another one takes its place that is even worse.

[@A1ko_]

did you just say legalise heroin? anyways heroin is about 130x more expensive so that is why people make and sell opioid RCs

[@mattryan6886]

Vice said it best “Congratulations Drugs, you have won the war on Drugs”

[@SneedEnjoyer]

Of course they would, because they were literally on the side of the drugs

[@sinc650]

@@SneedEnjoyer If you think the government has won by replacing authentic opioid pills and heroin with fentanyl and nitazenes then you are simply ignorant of what is really going on (this video is only a small snapshot). Of course the drugs have won

[@dimbusjenkins]

@@SneedEnjoyer or because a war on a concept is stupid

[@plmokm33]

@@SneedEnjoyer I think it's more that the drugs themselves are getting rid of drug users faster than the war on drugs can lol

[@SneedEnjoyer]

@@dimbusjenkins Drugs are not a concept, they are physical. What is stupid is seeding and believing in the idea that law in unenforceable. If a Chinese despot had the wisdom to ban opium then what does it say about our enlightened democratic rulers who do nothing, but pretend.

[@julia-xd8vo]

I had to have 4 surgeries on my eye in the past 6 months. They put a sedative in your bloodstream like fentanyl to knock you out immediately and to calm you down. I remember crying because of the situation (never had surgery and it's my eye) and the RN made the decision to give me an extra dose to calm me down. It was such a good feeling. Last tear dropped down my face and I faded away before another nurse came to wake me. I used to be really harsh on drug addicts but I can see now how people get hooked. How easy it might be for someone with lower defenses to go and try to recreate that sensation.

[@linanicolia1363]

Fentanyl has been used in the OR's for many years, as it is a way to take people under while their breathing is supported by the anesthesia "department'. Using Fentanyl to get high, you may not get to wake up at all. Sort of how MJ went out, with his Diprivan...Drip...drip....no one to make these lungs move for these poor people.....His MD was next door, on the phone while Michael was going to sleep, to never wake up. The dude got paid for that job. Unbelievable he only got 3 years in jail for manslaughter.

[@veritas4364]

Same experience minus the crying. Had eye surgery once and the anesthesia helped me understand what a heroin addict must feel the first time.

[@etiennespasm2562]

I've been on Fentanyl patch for 5 years. When the effect of the last patch began to fade, I begin to feel very bad. But imediatly I sticked a new patch on my arm, and in 10 minutes I was full of heat, peace, calm.... And I began to wait for that, more than anything else. That's why I decided to stop. Clean since the 1st january.

[@SuperDrLisa]

I've had multiple surgeries. Always waited for the nice sleep I would get. I've only had one surgery where I had difficulty "waking up" that was scary. All the others I was kinda of like damn that incision hurts when I woke up.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

I'm addicted to sugar, & I'm not joking

[@hpb5495]

There never has been a war on drugs. There always has been a drug war on the competition.

[@brainretardant]

See eye aye!

[@kchankchan]

Once - The Drug dealer took Hong Kong for 156 years.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

@@kchankchan Yes. Maybe so. But a very different time ago as well as a very different set of Victorian values which no longer exist. From back in the old days before Opium use and sales were restricted or illegalised. back when London had it's Opium Dens or Opium Houses.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

You could call the would be supplers, compertition. But the war is not against compertition but against the free flow and free uncontrolled supply or flooding of a country's own regulated supplys. If a group with-in a country had a ware house the size of a mountain brimming to the cealing with nacotic drugs legally with in their own country. Then that would likely be no problem if bussiness was conducted legitamately. The war against drugs is not against those but is against offenders trying to by-pass federal importation control laws. IE illegal smugglers totally unprepraed to contribute to a health care system or doctors bills ETC when the suffering start to go really wrong. In the case of the illegal smuggle (competition) their supply is a form of victimisation rather than proper medical help. Their interests are purly money and not health. So sorry. But yes there has been a 'war against illegal drugs'. You could benefit from reading some of the storys of those serving long prison sentences.

[@Turistpazar_av]

yer well england decided to wipe chinas population out with heroin they made them cultivate it then made them use it for 100s of years

[@lolboii8275]

”because i dont want to feel” Man thats sad

[@starlite556]

Because he does not want to feel , their are people who do not abuse drugs who FEEL horrific pain every waking hour of the day because doctors do not want to give pain medicine even for a broken bone. That is sad. The addicts don't want to work just lie around and get high and when they are not doing that they are stealing to support their habit that is another way they hurt people. They leave a trail of misery wherever they go for other people. . My uncle used to steal from his mother. If they want to do it that is their choice but they are hurting other people and that is not okay. Stop, babying the druggies.

[@feschber]

Don't want to feel what? ... Oh

[@bartoszpiacko9319]

​@@feschber anything, when You try opiates to relievie your Pain, physical or psychological It works like a charm. You do It a few times and all is good until you go on your first streak, 2 weeks high all the time and when your out you get withdrawal and now you feel all kinds of pain when you're not high and now you need the drug to just feel normal. Even if you go past withdrawal there will always be a feeling of missing something important

[@Lurch-Bot]

Well, eventually, getting high just makes you numb so that tracks.

[@PoetOfNoise]

​@@starlite556 You know very well that you're doing a thing there, don't you? What "trail of misery" is it, really, that you need a scapegoat for?

[@brunellanunes]

As a journalist, I must say: the world is going to lose so much if VICE shuts down projects like this. There's no media, anywhere, doing an educational work the way you guys do. I really hope vice can survive all the internet crisis.

[@muhammetozbek529]

vice use to be better

[@stefanluthi6399]

😭

[@mary-annesade]

@@rupertcadell2685not always lol

[@LENFALCO]

​@@muhammetozbek529Used to? Elaborate on your analysis

[@kingsman3087]

when will cocaine be legalized ? when will meth be legalized ? when will heroin be legalized ?

[@tomobujas9920]

what do you mean with „Europe“ when the whole video is about the situation in England?

[@axt3462]

Some people like to think that England (or Germany) single handedly controls Europe :)

[@nidhogg6344]

England is part of europe. It's an island of europe. Don't confuse europe, and EU. Those are 2 different things. West Russia is also europe btw.

[@twd949]

@@nidhogg6344 But why would would someone make a claim about a trend facing EUROPE, if they only investigate a single country in europe? You might aswell replace "Europe" with the "entire world" then.

[@maxautism6602]

​@@twd949 VICE is a joke, dramatization and pathetically far-fetched.

[@Finderskeepers.]

Because its an British documentary, cheaper and easier for them to focus on the UK. its happening because the Taliban have shut down the heroin supply, listen to the narrative. Do you not think the same thing is happening in the rest of Europe ?

[@kamenneikoo7854]

When vice actually makes cold facts documentaries they are often really good

[@SulphurS16]

“Im an addict, i cant explain it”, as a recovering addict, that rings extremely true..

[@blacksilverchair3315]

I can. You chose to be one.

[@damonowens6947]

Demonic possession

[@deskmat9874]

Loser

[@conspiracyeyes1682]

@@blacksilverchair3315 More like the drugs themselves hijack the brain's reward center, and it's never that simple. I could hook you up with a bag of X drug, a totally normal person, and after that bag, you'd probably just live in the street and your brain's effort spent trying to get more of the drug (after the withdrawal starts). Addiction is never simple. If you're addicted, then you likely need medical help to help stop, and want to stop.

[@serialistic4321]

@@conspiracyeyes1682 The effects, dangers and precautions for any hard drug use has been documented well over a million times. If you can't have the capacity to do the research on said drug before you take it, that's no one else's fault but your own. I hate seeing people saying that addiction isn't a choice, yet those same people willingly took a dangerous drug. Actions have consequences. Same with marijuana users. Some swear they aren't addicted until they run out then they throw a fit. Whilst also blaming things on everyone but themselves.

[@samrice1015]

who would have thought that we would be saying "can we just have old fashioned heroin back?"

[@laurarojas8490]

This is all by design. Governments are behind the drugs trade. This is a war on socety´s lowest. It´s the biggest lie going that Afganistan produces nearly all the west heroin supply. The country that supplies the Acetic anhydride, is also a key producer without the Acetic anhydride, there would be no heroin.

[@robertketchum8141]

I guess legalize that too😢...

[@theshadowman1398]

How about not using drugs to begin with you utter simpleton.

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

Yeah, but it's true.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

I have known a couple of heroin users in my local hospise here in denmark since I was homeless for 13 months in 2002/2003, only seen 2 smoke it!heard of a couple of stories on how their 1st time was a pure moment of bliss, then they got hooked after that shot!this stuff looks effin scary!we dont have druggies on the sidewalks though!

[@Itzyhani]

I won’t sugar coat this or make it reader friendly. My brother died yesterday from a possible drug overdose on my grandmothers couch. He died with his cousin sitting beside him, uncle in another room, and grandmother another room down. Before they realized it, he was gone! A few seconds -minutes it went from simple Tuesday to a crime scene. Once those drugs enter your body, without proper medical intervention- YOU ARE DEAD! Someone who didn’t know him, love him, or care about him gave him drugs that would kill him ALL for a quick buck. I am currently sitting outside still unable to process. I don’t think people understand the severity of this situation. Drugs do not discriminate. Death does not discriminate. If there is anyone out there struggling with addiction get help. Anyone in recovery and seeing the signs that you may possibly relapse, get help! If you think your loved ones won’t understand try them or reach out and get help. NO ONE can understand, listen, or work with you if you don’t REACH OUT and get help. You are not alone. You are worth it. He definitely was! RIP JT 05/ 21/24 🕊️

[@mobi1etone]

Suuuuuure.

[@Maxine1630]

Absolutely my condolences❤❤ this is a heavy story!!

[@brainretardant]

Was he vaxed?

Was he saved? Opps my bad. I should have known.

[@Wpcmonnow]

My sincerest condolences.

[@EYES2seeEARS2hear78]

This is not a war on drugs. It’s a war on people.

[@g.s.5868]

somebody force them?

[@FernandoRamirez-kh7ot]

​@@g.s.5868 bro if you dont stop saying that to people karma is going to catch up with you

[@shoe7ess2]

@@g.s.5868 Pretty sure he's quoting Bill Hicks, bub.

[@bkm2797]

@FernandoRamirez-kh7ot Why would Karma catch up to him, he's just stating a FACT! No one is forced, it is a choice, and it's the one that will destroy you, while you destroy everyone around you.

[@FernandoRamirez-kh7ot]

@@bkm2797 you have no idea what real life is 🙄

[@tomdiets5079]

I was using heroin for 18 years and been clean for 2+ years now, I watched the Opioid pandemic slowly turn from Heroin into fentanyl, what happened was the dealers start cutting the heroin with it and in no time at all the users need the fentanyl more than the heroin. They start to look for the fentanyl because heroin isn’t strong enough and doesn’t stop enough of the withdrawal from the fentanyl. Most of the users that switch from heroin to fentanyl don’t do it because they like fentanyl more they do it because they will be dope sick if they don’t. Most heroin users will tell you they want pure heroin but you can barely even find it in America anymore and if you do it’s weak heroin. So glad I am not a prisoner anymore.

[@Jenny-uv4dl]

DEALERS cut reg. Heroin with Fenty it gives the so called heroin a " bigger hit" a user gets a bigger hit from their wht they THINK is heroin its a way of making them " loyal" to certain dealer and the " word" gets around tht dealers heroin is MORE POTENT insuring the dealer $ and then the dealer mixes more and more fenty in their supply then the high content heroin gets cut with Trang. A horse tranquilizer because users think " nodding out is a sign the heroin/ fenty is "great" but it kills the tiny blood vessels around the injection site and when users find a " great" injection site they keep injectioning in the same site CREATING AN ULCER or " honeyhole" it gets infected with staph ppl dont have basic personal care HOW CAN THEY care for a gangerous ulcer on the street and when they FINALLY go to ED drs dont treat with respect they see them them as " drug seeking addicts" which are the lowest of low in society not THE SICK DYING HUMAN they are they are someone's child / parent etc and the truth is MOST ADDICTS don't want to be addicts they are AFRAID OF GETTING sick the with drawl from opiods is AWFUL ( I personally have gone thru it I have a spinal cord injury thts why I'm prescribed pain rx) but the withdrawal starts where your cold freezing but SWEATING at the same time the most intense burning muscle aches ever and I've broken my back withdrawal is worst you can't not find a comfortable spot your antsy like nothing you have ever felt before then the nausea and diarrhea start then when you have zero left in your colon and your dry heaving at the same time you become dehydrated and begin to see things your b/ p drops dangerously low and you have been awake now 7-10days and your body has begun to eat itself you lose up to 25lbs I did the proven treatment tht WORKS is a gradually stepping dwn the opioid dose with personal therapy job training giving ppl hope because addiction is TRAUMA+ ENVIRONMENT + PERSONALITY + DNA= ADDICTION pure and simple where I live putting addicts in jail is an industry some entire small towns economies depend on addicts going to jail repeatedly this is how it works twn arrests in 2022 1 person for drugs they arrest 3 ppl in 2023 they NOW can apply ( even if those ppl didn't live in community and were passing thru) for state and federal funds CLAIMING drugs and drug "crimes" have gone up 150% in his small twn ( even if drug amrita was reside in a baggie) and he will get funds ( those funds come from $ seized from drug dealers ) he may choose to hire a cop or buy a worthless toy like a drone the police dept has no training to use but if he chooses to hire a cop tht cop has to live and pay rent somewhere has to buy groceries somewhere ALL THT BOUGHT WITH GRANT $ FROM SEIZEX FUNDS FROM DRUG DEALERS so the government NEEDS DRUG DEALERS without them tht cop gets let go etc the " war" on drugs WILL NEVER BE SOLVED another thing is there is not enough jobs to fully employ entire generation of males and there is still an undercover fear of PIC in some communities and they prefer them locked up and caught up in a system they can't get out of

[@dustygatrell-ru7tg]

Good herion gives you a way bettrr high tho. Fentwnyl makes you nod out too much. You enjoy the buzz for like a hour then fall asleep or die. Atleast with herion you can enjoy the buzz much longer without completely going out. Depending on how much you do.

[@missdenisebee]

I’m sober now, too, but I remember when fent first started popping up in the area my friends & I grabbed from in the mid 2010s. I hated it at first, didn’t enjoy the high at all…I’d end up passed out almost immediately, wake up & need more. No real euphoria. But the more I used it, exactly like you said, I ended up needing it just to feel “normal” & not be sick. By the end, if I didn’t turn into a comatose zombie after a line or two, I didn’t consider it worth doing. That was normal to me, after years of doing it. Insane.

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

I agree. It's all fucked up.

[@Hap_Shaughessy]

​@@missdenisebeeyou passed out almost immediately because it's horse tranquilizer. vets give it to horses when operating on them.

[@gonzalobriones836]

the 18 year old from yorkshire was my best friend. RIP Will

[@Organicme1]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@jasonwilcox6637]

I'm sorry to hear that.❤

[@SentientDMT]

I'm sorry for your loss. I've had five friends pass from overdose. My town of Sanford Maine has been decimated by fentanyl and now nitazenes.

[@CrazyOldLady9963]

I'm so sorry for you all. Until now, Europe has escaped what we've dealt with in the US. Unfortunately you're about to see it now - but i think policies over there are better and services are better and people have a better shot. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

[@jiggsyork1453]

Thought this was on about Will. He was a good lad it’s such a shame. RIP

[@jasonsousa4522]

The drug problem increased exponentially since 2020. The Covid crisis, lockdowns caused mental health to go down and more choosing substance abuse. I have seen it myself people who were normal and now destroying their lives in front of my eyes

[@bencullen8480]

It's called natural selection.

[@foetusdeletus6313]

​@@bencullen8480nothing natural about yarmulke wearers systematically destroying your country for profit

[@rosacastro505]

it went underreported, it is not a new problem. The internet makes it look like a new issue, but its been around for a long time

[@Leo-pv9zi]

​@@bencullen8480 There's nothing natural about these drugs.

[@bencullen8480]

@@Leo-pv9zi did I say the drugs were natural? No. You obviously don’t know what natural selection is so I will clue you in; natural selection refers to the dying out of stupid people, and only a stupid person would take this drug, so naturally, they will die out. There are many instances of natural selection and taking dangerous drugs is definitely in the category. Let me guess, it’s probably someone else’s fault and these people wouldn’t be dying if the drug wasn’t invented; see that’s the thing about natural selection and how it only affects stupid people; if they didn’t have this drug, they’d find something else. Crazy that this needs to be explained really but then again maybe you’re in the category so the IQ level isn’t quite there. Good luck.

[@tjnucnuc]

Lost about half my friend group from my class of 2010. About 20 people I knew closely in small town NC.

[@Goldthius]

I feel like this is more about UK than Europe.

[@edmunddonnelly3881]

And Brits used to say it was more about the US than the UK.

[@kikiTHEalien]

Exactly, there is literary 1 sentense about an European country- Estonia.

[@Lgx-ie4if]

Britain is in Europe

[@Goldthius]

@@Lgx-ie4if Yes topographicly, but not by government while they make it seem like it's the European Union fighting the problems. While that is not the case it's UK legislation.

[@aw2584]

Yeah heroin and crack is huge in UK but not so much in Europe; you still get heroin addicts all over of course but very little crack. Especially in eastern europe, huge majority of homeless on the street are alcoholics. In UK there's barely any, they're all drug addicts.

[@pavelowpower]

I’m a recovering addict and I have been saying for a few years now it’s just a matter of time until that fentanyl crap comes over here. I’m glad I got off it when I did. Please be careful people. Get help and get it now.

[@laurarojas8490]

@pavelowpower fentanyl is just a cover for tranquilisers

[@citypopradioFM]

​@@laurarojas8490Fentanyl is fentanyl and the chief reason why people are actively dying of drug overdoses by the minute. It's literally poisoning the street supply.

[@AmazonEspionage]

Same here, I stopped using right around the time fentanyl starting polluting EVERYTHING. It’s just too dangerous to be doing drugs these days . . .

[@sepachortels6366]

Lol

[@MrHellweasel]

@@AmazonEspionage And it wasn't before? Nevermind the potential death, but it ruins your life and relationships with damn near everyone.

[@Mcdogmom288]

I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to fentanyl. Spent my whole life fighting fentanyl addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Fentanyl addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 3 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[@SharonFalcon-fj7nb]

Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.

[@StephenHackle]

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.

[@mattjeffery09]

YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@masternb25]

@@StephenHackleIn 2023 Australia became the first country to legalize psilocybin mushroom for medial use. Search it up on google, learn a bit more about it from news articles, then ask a few doctors if you can get psilocybin therapy to treat depression. Good luck🙏❤️

[@FredaMartins]

Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now have a more calm mind

[@Cannamaniac84]

I feel like this stuff hitting the streets was the only thing able to get me clean. It scared me so much to use that I was actually able to break the cycle I never thought I was going to be able to break! My thoughts are with those who are still addicted and to the ones considering picking up for the first time, don't do it!

[@charaaa]

me too. i'm too scared to use because nitazenes tested positive in three different batches from three different guys, i threw them all away, and i'm kicking the habit, it's day 2

[@tkatrich3]

​@@charaaagood luck

[@michaeldames5731]

"War on drugs" is Vices greatest show. I've been waiting for you to drop a new segment. The only Vice show I still watch, Hamilton hasn't released anything new. Please don't stop, I love what you do.

[@Astroteolog]

the WAR that will never be WON 🤣

[@alaskayoung3413]

Bc it’s the only thing Vice can’t turn into a woke propaganda piece

[@sightline4004]

@@alaskayoung3413 You don't even know what "woke" means.

[@JessicaSchmitt-pt2cw]

When the world will we can make it . 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Stovepipe274]

The 53 Year old 'War on Drugs"... 1. There are way more Drugs now than ever before. 2. Drugs are far less expensive than ever before. 3. There are Drugs now that never existed before. Americans lost many Freedoms from That 'Act of War', it's costed $$$$ via allocated taxpayer funding for Enforcement, not to mention Prosecuting & Hsng.

[@allie5]

I’m a paramedic in Glasgow and my colleagues and I often know there’s a bad batch doing the rounds certainly before politicians but fairly often even before the police. IVDUs will do the most they can to hide from the police but we often see them at their very lowest point. They phone us when their friends are dying in front of them. Most of them know we don’t want to judge them, just help however we can. We issue take home narcan kits which contain enough naloxone in a pre filled syringe to take most regular users right through into cold turkey. We have begun again in the last few months getting calls saying they have given the entire syringe and the person began to wake up but they tanked again. All we can do is attempt to give more (IV access is likely to be incredibly difficult for us on someone who has bashed the hell out of their veins for years) support their breathing to avoid hypoxic brain injury and bolt to the hospital. It’s heartbreaking when we meet people who tell us how they’ve lost friends, partners, parents and sometimes their children to dodgy batches mixed with who know what.

[@pondeify]

NHS is part of the government - government created this problem

[@raoulduke344]

I was an addict in Glasgow for 20 years. Out of interest, how do you administer the naloxone if someone has run out of veins? Would it be an IM injection, or a spray to target capillaries in the nasal, or anal, passage?

[@xrfordgal]

Do you not have access to the naloxone nasal spray in Scotland?

[@allie5]

@@raoulduke344 SAS gives out IM kits that contain 2mg/2ml naloxone. That officially 5 doses. IM is the only kits we have to hand out. Police Scotland and some of the harm reduction teams carry the nasal sprays. The nasal sprays are good because there’s no risk of uncapped high-risk needle stick injuries. The nasal spray is fast but they tend to be lower doses, I think the last one I saw the police use was 0.8mg. That’s a double dose but it holds the pt over until we get there. I used to work with a SAS veteran who was particularly good at jugular access for IV naloxone in some of our more long term users as very very few attempt to mess about with the jugular vein. Scared the 💩 out me trying it though! ETA I think some of the harm reduction teams will also hand out the nasal sprays if you ask.

[@allie5]

@@xrfordgal the police and harm reduction teams do. However we tend to go IV if we can, we have enough practice to be somewhat needle ninjas when required! If not it’s a double dose IM and supported breathing to hospital. It’s the hypoxia that’s so dangerous . The police can’t secure an airway and give o2 and ventilations

[@vladimirackermann6182]

Stay away from any drugs.

[@arielmiller1675]

I almost died to this in January, I was aspirating and had a cardiac arrest due to hypoxia, my girlfriend managed to resuscitate me with CPR until the paramedics arrived. I developed ARDS, was 5 days in induced coma and 3 more days in the ICU, luckily I have no signs of brain, heart or lung damage after the incident. Clean since

[@childrensreading]

Please stay clean. My sister died 3 days before Christmas 2023 from a fentanyl OD. We miss her every day. 🙏

[@rc8300]

So glad your girl kept you here bud. Good luck and blessings to yall

[@DocDirtrat9472]

Hope you can stay clean, you are stronger than you know..

[@GreedRuinsEverything]

You definitely have signs of brain damage.. using it in the first place

[@magdalenawieszczek1309]

Your choice, do not pity on yourself

[@Michaelcollin-wu2ng]

I’m now a defense attorney but for 10 years I was a probation officer in Massachusetts. I remember when the transition from heroin to fentanyl started. First it was that heroin was cut with fentanyl. then over about a 12-18 month period, heroin disappeared. My last few years as a probation officer not a single person tested positive for morphine (the most common metabolite in heroin). It was all fentanyl. Overdoses rose like crazy. Incredibly sad. The war on drugs is a failure. The transition to fentanyl and the staggering overdose deaths that followed is a direct result of the war on drugs. It must end !

[@bobaloo2012]

You should come visit Oregon where we surrendered and legalized everything. In a couple of years things are 10x worse, addiction is way up, OD deaths are way up. We're getting ready to admit the error and re-criminalize drugs to give the police the power to try to control the situation..

[@vedotm7662]

Its because Talibans got Afganistan. They are muslims and they kill anyone who produce or sell anything related to drugs alcohol, because its HARAM in their religion. World was fine with heroin when Americans Brits and whoever else was there... Please watch documentary how talibans are dealing with drug addicts... if USA and every other country copy their system there would be no users...

[@bethpeterson499]

This crap has been going on for decades...there hasn't been a real war on drugs. All bullshit.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

@@bobaloo2012 waterbed effect - decriminalisation will not cause people to start using drugs, but it will attract drug users from elsewhere. Plus it makes the drug use that is going on more visible since users no longer hide from the cops.

[@samus598]

​@@bobaloo2012ODs are up everywhere. What we need to do is create legal injection sites where the government supplies clean heroin to users. Where opiate addicts can come twice a day to get their dose in the presence of a few medical professionals. They didn't legalize it anyways, they decriminalized it. There's a big difference.

[@MrAngryGnome]

This really hits home as my brother passed away in February of a drug overdose. Police think whatever he was taking was laced with fentanyl.

[@ownzies100]

Only a matter of time. i tried raising awareness for this nearly 3-4 years ago, urging test kit manufacturers like DanceSafe to develop kits for Isotonitazene, metonitazene and other etazene analogues, aswell as raising awareness on drug subreddits for it for months if not years. Etazenes have been available on DNMs wordlwide for atleast 3-4 years now, and on Clearnet from RC suppliers/manufacturers in China. Its a shame this is one of the only big articles on it, despite this being a known issue, bound to take over, for years.

[@ericdamexican]

I'm one of the lucky ones, I was injured given morphine then oxy. Then I was "cured". Nope I was a heroine addicted blue collar guy! Was at a methadone clinic for over 7 years, followed every rule, now clean for over 6 years.

[@eyes2c..519]

Your one of the lucky ones tht made it out

[@Elhastezy888]

Congratulations, you must've tried so hard. thank you for sharing 🤍 Inspirational. many blessings

[@zoutewand]

❤

[@ruffcutz4112]

❤

[@ryderhard]

right on brother.. good work!

[@jackdreer2977]

You should be worried. -from Canada

[@4-Methylaminorex]

I used to push a lot of opiates, only pharmaceutical ones. Back before all this pressed and powdered fent everyone was using fent patches. Not many people were dying, now everyones dropping from pressed fent and nitazines. Its not a huge issue in Montreal as it is in other provinces. It's really easy to just get lots of dilapidated

[@Steve-ev6vx]

​@@4-Methylaminorex In the US you can't getting anything but street fentanyl. You can go in with an amputated leg and they will tell you take an aspirin and walk it off. I am terrified of getting an injury and have been putting off dental surgery because they won't give you ANYTHING.

[@4-Methylaminorex]

@@Steve-ev6vx I just had 2 wisdoms removed. I got nitrous, 5mg midazolam 100mcg fentanyl I IVd. I was given 20 5mg percocet. I have tolerance even though I don't use opiates anymore. I went through them in a day them got 40 5mg oxycodones. Pain relief only starts at 50mg for me. Used them all went back said I need staying power they gave me oxyneo which is Canada's useless solution they used to replace oxycontin. They did nothing. Now mind you all this pain was caused by a follow up infection I got, it had to be drained and re stitched. If not for that infection the pain was very manageable

[@kaneeasterday7478]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Steve-ev6vx do you always spread misinformation or just today? If you don’t look like a pill seeker or act like one, and you are in pain, they will take care of you. Fentanyl is administered regularly for pregnant women. Wisdom teeth usually get Valium and Ativan, depending on the place. If you aren’t acting like a tweaker, and you’re in pain, you will be given pain meds if it’s appropriate.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

@@kaneeasterday7478 That is a lie. Cancer patients are being denied opioids now, people in hospice are going without. Some people still have access, but it's a total crap shoot. There are a million videos out about veterans and elderly patients being cut off of their meds for no reason.

[@annestovgaard681]

In the 90´s Portugal had one of the highest rates of drug overdoses and HIV, among drug users in Europe. They decided to do something new, decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use and spend money helping the addicts instead. It worked. I think we need to help addicts, not punish them.

[@Jon-Doe-No1]

Yes they gave with 1 hand and took with the other hence same outcome as nothing ? ie very slyly done that's why nothing has really changed there etc the reason I didn't mention where is because I want people to use the initiative and look and research for themselves also to give ideas to help us all etc and not just 1 demographic anyway it all boils down to if druxs were legal and free no one would want them ie not oh if you have this that n this amount your ok but anything over and ? etc but anyway thanks for your info and input sis 👍🏻

[@freedomdude5420]

Prime and prison money is too good

[@SophieAafjes]

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

[@AitanaAbreu]

Congrats on your recovery. Most people don't realize that psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives.

[@DeanSteven-rq2or]

To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

[@CapucineLeroy-bh7zp]

Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in Switzerland. Really need!

[@AitanaAbreu]

Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

[@CapucineLeroy-bh7zp]

Is he on Instagram?

[@littlememe1545]

this is depressing

[@h7opolo]

pair this video (and life) with the livestream entitled "Relaxing Zen Music 24/7, Sleep Music, Stress Relief Music, Spa, Meditation, Bamboo Water Fountain".

[@KacperPpp]

​@@h7opolohahah

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

That’s life baby!

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@Chrisko1492]

Really? Junkies paying the price for their stupidity if depressing? Darwin, baby, Darwin.

[@J.C...]

I'm glad I got help 12 years ago, before Fentanyl started killing people.

[@Melanie_Star]

I'm 9 years out myself & beyond grateful that Fent, Nitz & Tranq weren't around throughout my time. What's happening now is so sad.

[@J.C...]

@@Melanie_Star seriously. I'd likely be dead today had I not gotten help in 2011. My daughter was born in 2012. And because I wasn't getting high anymore, I didn't OD when my 22 month old daughter and only child was killed in a car accident in 2014 when, her MOTHER decided that texting was more important than actually paying attention to the road while she was driving. She wrecked. That wreck caused the death of our child. Had I been getting high, I guarantee you I'd be dead right now. But I wasn't. So I'm not. Tbh, I'm not sure how I've made it this long. Been the worst 10 years of my, life.

[@SR0792]

No matter whereever i am, i will always watch Vice content... This is one of my fav channels.. For their coverage on wars, conflicts, drugs , social evils.. And explored issues they cover..truly an amazing channel.. I hope it gets revived like it used to be..

[@hneemann]

Give People HOPE AND SAFETY.

[@TheGoodOne-bf6up]

No need of hope is rquied. Just opened eyes.

[@Sara-xk1ns]

As an American with 15years sober and no friends left from that time, I hope the UK handles this differently then the US did. I’m so thankful I made it out before fentanyl hit our area. Please learn from our mistakes, let the millions who died teach you something.

[@joeg5414]

I'm 41. I did all of that in the Mid 2000s, after getting out of the military, until 2015. I'm really glad it wasn't around at that time. I wouldn't touch it now. Too much risk. Was just starting to show up when I got out of it

[@vmi4172]

How many diseases you got?

[@malamute11]

​@@vmi4172how many braincells are still active and not in retirement? 😂😂

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

They literally just don't care I'm afraid. if they did. They would not have closed down all the rehab places With austerity. Then suddenly areas got flooded with struggling people too weak to say no, and too strong to be dispatched with. It's like the living dead out there man They need help and they needed it ten years ago. Mixed into that mess are clean homeless people with trauma from being homeless.

[@Sara-xk1ns]

@@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv are you one of “them”? Who are the they you’re referring to? Have you ever been addicted or homeless? You’re speaking as if you know from experience while also sounding so judge mental and ignorant at the same time.

[@tammyireland3763]

Oh no x I don’t wish this on anyone. My 33 year old daughter died from fentanyl poisoning last Jan.11,2024. I’m so broken. I love and miss you baby girl❤️🙏MOM❤️🙏

[@g.s.5868]

her choice

[@terry3252]

@@g.s.5868 Born ignorant or practice daily to become a professional?

[@arfriedman4577]

Why are you being cruel to this mom. She's hurting because she lost her daughter. Yes, the daughter made the choice. You don't know how she may have tried to help the daughter stop.

[@FernandoRamirez-kh7ot]

So sorry maam May Jesus the Christ heal you ❤

[@SchroderCat]

@@g.s.5868 That was cruel.

[@annetaylor-wx5dk]

Great informative report..thanks.

[@Jon-Doe-No1]

👀😔

[@watcher5729]

The stimulant ones are even worse as they create agression and desperation

[@tinkat2208]

Its crazy, i was a heroin user more than 35 years ago. This stuff is crazy. They need to make changes to the law and stop these synthetics getting into all countries. I know its hard, but this stuff should scare you straight.

[@cantinadudes]

Well sadly the law makers are still so uneducated about drugs that they think weed is on the same level as heroin. There's no way they'll be able to recognize the danger coming from this

[@S_O_S_A]

"Because I don't want to feel."

[@cindysandbeck2447]

You mean death

[@wokenup5273]

Yes, most likely some childhood trauma, sexual abuse maybe?

[@rainaflores779]

@@wokenup5273 You talk about how before their addiction they were all normal and then after the addiction and overdoses its not their fault so just blame somebody let's blame somebody it's not gonna help at all if there is no demand for this drug, it would be shut down. i understand and I feel you where you're coming from. I have an addiction also, it's called delicious food and drinks nonalcoholic And the only one that iblamed is myself. Until that person are their families stop blaming someone else for what they are going through. It's all going downhill for them. They have to own up to it to get out of it. it is not the cartel in Mexico, and it is not the poppies growers in Afghanistan. Take a look in the mirror and you will see where the problem is coming from and who is to blame for that problem which is you.

[@hugokeys602]

Typical junkie response..."I want" Selfish bastards!

[@PompeyGirl747]

​@@wokenup5273why have you got 4 commas in one small sentence 🤔 are you addicted to using them 😆

[@doctor02new]

Excellent report indeed.

[@tombutcher321]

It’s bad here in Canada too in a small town here it’s creeping up everywhere

[@madghostek3026]

These kind of reports made me and still make me stay as far away as possible from any kind of drug, i couldn't be more happy that i survived peer pressure of smoking and drinking in teen years

[@LuhOvert]

This is pure ignorance, most people are testing their drugs from what I’ve seen. It’s natural selection in a way, if you aren’t gonna test it, your playing Russian roulette. you just HAVE to assume it’s all fentanyl.

[@ruslbicycle6006]

Learn the facts about which drugs are which. You may come into some pain in your life one day and it's not all the same. There is a lot of ignorance provided by puritans in the war on drugs who lie and say that beer is the same as moonshine. It is not. And you have to find out the appropriate dose and have a safe supply, you learn this by talking to people who have experience. There are so many drug poisonings that happen for people like you who stay away mostly and then one day try it without being taught the basics. Coffee is a dangerous drug also and will cause a heart attack fatality if you take the wrong dose of caffeine. Knowledge is what will keep you safe, not being pure. There is no such thing as pure drug free, our body is made of chemicals.

[@ScarMachiavelli]

There is other ways for you to get hooked. I got into an accident at work and injured my right side of my body in 2012 and since then ive lived with pain and after 46 different medications in 3 years just to avoid morphine, i had to start on morphine and now im hooked on morphine which is just the same but different name. So hope you never get injuries/chronic pain.

[@daMacadamBlob]

it's the drugs who find you. either through injury like the person above mentioned, but there is also a specific kind of lost individual that drugs attract, as part of drives for escape and self-destruction, coupled with low self-control. it's not just any kid who hits a blunt to experiment

[@adfklafjafjlkdjfa]

inkel cope

[@howardmaryon]

Pardon me but I have no knowledge of drugs and the users of drugs, but selling a drug that kills your customers makes no sense at all.

[@luckyguy600]

A constantly depleating resource eh? I watch kids going and coming from high school behind my house doing joints/gummies/crack.Then attending classes. Lucky teachers eh? There will be no shortage of customers, just new younger ones.

[@peterkelly8357]

Moral of the story - never trust a drug dealer.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

i think its because of side contamination of other chemicals used in the synthesis, most pure produced drugs aren't as dangerous as the ones that get passed around second hand and are produced in house etc. for example people tested north korean drugs and they were the purest in the world, very rare to find but hard to over dose on those

[@StarDustMoonRocket]

And now you understand how powerful of a tool this is for China.

[@watchmo2310]

@@luckyguy600eh? eh eh eh? eh?

[@Stillrosie]

So strange to see these familiar faces actually speak up about the drug issues around this city

[@Jon-Doe-No1]

Strange you say ? Or do you mean Brilliantly Good ? That they did speak up even though being used by this vice thing 😞 I know you mean well sis don't get me wrong ok 💙

[@TheHaywire924]

I'm glad vice is doing drug documentaries again.

[@mathewh5527]

Im 33, been clean off fentanyl and all opiods for 8 years now, except for methadone, if you dedicate the time and effort you can have a normal life again. I wish i could kick the methadone but im scared of the void. I dont know what im trying to say here, i just feel so bad for you brits. Sending love from Canada.

[@Ads97ads]

most people fill a void with something, is weed not your thing?

[@G666REY]

Try Kadian and taper of SLOWLY. methadone almost killed me

[@WerZiger67]

I still don't get it why there are places like needle swap stations and etc. Doesn't really push the problem toward solution is it? Society needs a solid awakening to get the message thru the thick stupidity of humans. It's all cries and tears when loved one is gone due to drugs. But ask yourself, what i did to prevent this?

[@XWoodbineX]

Congratulations you should be very proud of yourself. I hope you have many happy years ahead and hopefully eventually being free from Methadone as well

[@adaaa11]

Look up the vitamin c method. You’re better off tapering down to as low of a dose you can first But if you’re not ready to be off it, don’t do it. You will go through withdrawal and have intense cravings

[@what163]

like a warm bed addictions easy to get into, hard to get out

[@Lora-G]

VICE - KEEP UP THE POWERFUL MESSAGE ! We need this !!!!

[@LisaGreenfield-Lesly]

Complaining about bad street drugs? Quit it!

[@linanicolia1363]

Well, yes, it is the answer but not the reality. My grandson lost one of his friends from a privileged, private school, of Fentanyl poisoning. He was 26 and well to do, also doing well, but he screwed up, getting that fix from a street supplier. At least, it was not suicide. It would have been worse for his parents. It was hard enough, that way, to bury him. Never what parents should do.

[@Dungeontai]

Ive lost my little brother exactly a month ago to an overdose. Its still surreal that he is gone, he was such a kind, straight, young man

[@captainpugwash7174]

I'm so sorry for your loss 🙏✝️❤️💛💚

[@samanthaedwards3742]

So sorry for your loss !!! ❤

[@williamwilson6499]

Couldn’t have been too straight.

[@perseusrex614]

condolances, RIP

[@RIPMrWixa]

if you know even a little about how the drug market and addiction work and are connected to each other, it just makes you sad how governments around the world are handling the problem

[@kelleemerson9510]

You think this isn't allowed/encouraged/facilitated by governments? Think maybe the reason US left Afghanistan is the heroin profits fell from the change to fentanyl? Maybe needed big pharma to profit from new drugs? Few of those in power are anything but self serving.

[@pyrotec4577]

The goverment is in on it, 100%!!

[@465marko]

Yep. Handling... - they created the problem.

[@charlotterandall8738]

How about not taking drugs?

[@KaawSauce]

Important reporting.

[@baileystinnett7685]

These are peoples families members, fathers, mothers, daughters and sons etc it’s so heartbreaking so glad my sister is almost a year clean

[@Elijah.Ben.BENJAMIN54]

The Euro peans are paying the price for what they did to Ch ina with op iu m

[@mogznwaz]

So how do they get into that state? The ONLY justification is when opioids get pushed on people by doctors and they get addicted that way. But I have no sympathy for people who choose to get involved in drugs for fun and just like getting high.

[@Weisior]

Please take care of her. People are using because of deep wounds, pain and negligence of the society to help or even punish and alienate hurt individuals. If one cant rely on the closest ones, who or what can they put their hope in?

[@baileystinnett7685]

@@Weisior already on it she’s been shot stabbed and even put through the worst of the worst we call her a cat with nine lives we missed her so much I’m 22 now last time we were together was when I was 14 so we are relearning and being there for her because she wants to live a sober normal healthy life thank you kind stranger

[@baileystinnett7685]

@@Weisior I missed her so much and I’m so happy we have her home it’s a blessing bc a lot of people don’t make it out like she and others do :))

[@r1pperuk]

Never do these sort of drugs....its effectively game over.

[@Zeetana1]

Even better - never do any drugs unless it's for medical reasons.

[@susanstewart1402]

People are doing them by accident or getting hooked by medical doctors. Fentanyl is being found on all kinds of surfaces. Attending a party is a major risk. It won't be long before people are wearing gloves in public again. I get my info from the cop who lives next door.

[@aypenutbutter]

Wow well explained

[@user-qz2ld3vt2d]

I feel like this report misses some big aapects of why europe isnt in a similar opiod crisis: - fewer opiod prescriptions by doctors - heroine not being a popular drug (most European heroine addicts are 40 years or older) - clean supplies of a lot of drugs because of manufacturing in european countries - multiple countries with leagal state sponsored, drug testing

[@BiancaRadtke]

Plus risk reduction clinics

[@nnkk7742]

Symptom of a broken society. This is what happens when drug quality is not regulated and drug addicts are not addressed.

[@MaterLacrymarum]

We need some studies to find out why people feel a need to get out of their head. Poverty, already addicted, mental illness - whatever it is. That is where we should be doing more work.

[@luckyduck_.]

@@MaterLacrymarumexactly. Low wages, no healthcare, etc plays a huge role in it

[@MaterLacrymarum]

@@luckyduck_. Agreed. People with no hope, and no foreseeable way forward. It's the thing that never seems to get talked about - there will always be drugs around, but it's the desire people feel to get spaced out that's the main issue. Personally, I've never a desire to buy street drugs, and if I can make that initial choice, so can others. Also, people need to stop talking about weed as though it's not a gateway drug, or is somehow healthy because it's "natural". It's BS. But if you question it with a weed smoker they use the very tired argument of "what about alcohol"?!? We all initially have a choice - we can choose not to use. We can decide to spend our time in the real world, and not an altered perception of it.

[@TheJon2442]

​@@MaterLacrymarumor we could just look at current society.... The break down of the family, lack of personal responsibility, free money, the lack of moral fibre of politicians. DEI, woke police... Equal outcomes!

[@MaterLacrymarum]

@@TheJon2442 On the contrary - you've just spewed the usual conspiratorial crap that circles the drain of extreme-right thinking. You're part of the problem, but you could never admit it to yourself of others. Politicians don't have anywhere near as much influence on your daily life as you think. Seriously. Trump is clearly an obviously as corrupt as they come, but you'll find many interviews on KZbin of his supporters saying they'd vote for him even if he were in jail. They don't care. As for "woke police", seriously - grow up.

[@vexmyth0clast]

I’m 29 and never touched a hard drug in my life and I plan to keep it that way. Ive seen what they do to people in the streets of Harlem and the Bronx where I grew up.

[@GrandEmporer]

Don't knock it Till you try it

[@immortalsofar5314]

"I just didn't want to feel." That one spoke to me where I was. When my mom died, she was on opium solution and there was a bottle left. I had just enough of myself left to send it for disposal. I'm addicted to caffeine and nicotine - that would have been a point of no return.

[@larryc1616]

Do you drink alcohol?

[@vexmyth0clast]

@@GrandEmporer See that’s how some people get caught up in the trap. They try a drug once and then again and again and the cycle continues.

[@vexmyth0clast]

@@larryc1616 Rarely but yes I do. Maybe a few times a year.

[@doriannewton8440]

If I lived in Bristol I'd be depressed too.

[@stevestephens1673]

All being done purposely

[@JoeMammy-jl9js]

*Meh 🤷‍♂️. You put it in your body it is your fault.* I did heroin back in the day don’t tell me I don’t know. If I died it would have been MY FAULT.

[@anni-riin3254]

"Aside from small pockets in Estonia" we just have to always be the horrific trend setters don't we??

[@aleksander3647]

Pockets? It' completely replaced heroin since mid 2000s....

[@Teutathis]

A lot of good stuff coming out of Estonia too. You should be proud of the journey your country has taken together with the rest of the Baltics. The problem with drugs like fentanyl is that it's propped up by China, and a lot of western governments see it as a way to get rid of their addicts that cost society big money every year in a smooth way that doesn't leave any dirty hands.

[@edmunddonnelly3881]

If your fucking Eurovision song was any indication, yes. 😂

[@jerkerbergstrom6663]

I really liked Estonias song, I didn't understand why noone else did 😄 With the super deep voice V-sauce Michael lookalike. Good stuff! /A neighbor across the Baltic

[@zzzwy777]

@@Teutathis well the ones enabling it do have dirty hands

[@threethrushes]

I'm old enough not to judge others when I haven't walked in their shoes.

[@sohu86x]

Are you suggesting that one day you may become old enough to judge others?

[@Paul512]

​@@sohu86xno that wasnt even remotely what they said.

[@linanicolia1363]

Very kind of you. Wise as well.

[@andrina118]

@@sohu86x The opposite. Obviously. You're just being disingenuous

[@ireallyamayuube]

​@@sohu86xHe wrote "old enough not to", not "not old enough to"... Learn English, and this comes from an ESL speaker.

[@mikewise1612]

Booze each yr in the US ? 170, 000 Cigs ? 480,000 Opiates (from a dr) including fennny ? 10,000 roughly Synthetic crap (off the street) 2023? .. 110,000 Yet you have to jump thru hoops to get any legit meds from a Dr. If something doesn’t make sense, There’s almost always a reason for that . Sickening

[@w3w3w3]

yep. Drugs should be legal, or atleast pharma grade drugs/prescriptions should all be legal and able to be brought by anyone for any reason.... we should all be able to buy whatever prescriptions we want without a doctor gatekeeping medications.

[@sharpasacueball]

@@w3w3w3 Wow that is such a good plan. You should go try some of these drugs yourself. I'm sure it'll turn out just fine and you can quit whenever you want!

[@StarDustMoonRocket]

The only mistake were making is shifting the burden of addiction and poor decision making onto tax payers, business owners, and productive citizens. I'm all for compassionate solutions, but not at the expense of derailing normal society.

[@lonelyalaskan7208]

The fact that we get free videos on KZbin by VICE News is truly a gift; keeping the education and knowledge alive. 👏👏👏

[@krisamagus1]

the fact you comment this is truly stupid, along with you.

[@Sobabe-el5ke]

👏

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

? its been free over 10 years VICE news has been free on KZbin...

[@notlarry4905]

@@Eyes_of_Oryx what hes trying to say is that we should be grateful that vice puts their documentarys out for free in general instead of making us pay for them

[@IntoTheRealm]

Not nearly as good as they used to be

[@johnname7163]

"Europe" This is literally only the UK.

[@LumiSisuSusi]

They also mentioned Estonia.

[@robin13392]

@@LumiSisuSusi What about the other 48 countries in Europe?

[@Felix0587]

Europes source of opium is gone and will inevitably be replaced by these synthetics. You should get better at listening and comprehending information.

[@LumiSisuSusi]

@@Felix0587 Thank you for this! I felt like they must not have watched the same programme, or got distracted and missed the parts where they mentioned what you so eloquently said ✨🙏🏼

[@ApolloCGP]

Did you even watch the video? 🤦

[@AusCommentary]

dude at 5:01 rocking the arcteryx

[@timkeith2919]

This is sad to watch and it must be miserable to be sick all the time and how can they use for that long is even more baffling 😢😢😢

[@radioweebdx7680]

And yet the UK government will be banning vapes 🤣

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

Yeah well it's like how they expulse legal immigrants for the slightest irregularities but they can't touch the illegal ones cuz they don't have control over the underworld. They just don't have a handle on it

[@leglessinoz]

The government banned them here except medically prescribed ones.

[@FingerPuppetSarcasm]

Seeing him put the needle in his groin made my whole body clinch.

[@David_Camerwrongun]

Wait until you figure out it's being done deliberately 🤯

[@tioo5265]

Nitazenes requires special test to be detected. I have learned that narcan and rx’s similar do not work well in reversing. T)

[@schibbedie2]

went into rehab about a month ago. they've never heard of nitazenes. i told them they're gonna

[@francescomancetti8327]

good luck bro, i've been there and now i'm good. Be strong, it'll be hard but so worth it

[@GodLovesYou828]

Nitazenes been around for a year where I live at in the usa

[@schibbedie2]

@@francescomancetti8327 thanks! i'm hangin in there

[@schibbedie2]

@@francescomancetti8327 thanks! I'm hangin in there

[@thegramreaper710]

Thank you guys for reporting on this

[@JohnnysCafe_]

110,000 dead in one year, thats horrific.

[@NoOne-ul2yp]

Thank you for showing the uncensored truth by including prime exemples and interviewing experts that really know what is going on

[@86u18]

I've had three deaths related to Nitazenes in my peer group through the last half year, the last one being my ex-gf. Its already in Europe, please take care of yourself and your friends!

[@stehenbranton5447]

Smackhead

[@nannanbell]

I am 48 and never heard of Nitazene. Learned something new today.

[@BustedFlush7096]

@@nannanbellNeither have I.

[@GreedRuinsEverything]

Sitting around in a tent doing drugs instead of working.... I'm supposed to feel sorry for their stupid choices right? .........while I choose to go to work every day

[@GrammerOfficer]

Vice finally put something out worth watching.

[@emmareilly5141]

I miss the long vice videos on these and other subjects. These short videos arnt half as good imo

[@reecebauer5261]

True

[@GipsyDanger8934]

They are barely holding on.

[@kumbackquatsta]

vice is bankrupt

[@TodayILearnedX]

at least they’re getting out there and meeting these people, don’t see anyone else doing that

[@benzobrimzs]

@@TodayILearnedX really . The Internet is saturated with drug content .

[@6thface]

What?!?!? Treating this like criminal problem instead of a health care crisis is asinine.

[@Nathan-gj2ch]

Story of the last how many generations now...

[@AnnSisuLiv]

It's not a health care crisis. It's a soul crisis. And that can't be treated at a hospital.

[@missfishyfingers5788]

I'm not sure that there isn't a cynical political element that thinks the best solution is for addicts to take the most dangerous drugs so that they die and don't need any interventions / funding and politicians can look the other way. We seen to live in one of the most uncaring times really sad.

[@larryc1616]

It's the conservative way 🙄

[@ssrmy1782]

​@@larryc1616Stop blaming sensible people for your poor decisions. Take responsibility for yourself like an adult & stop whining.

[@laurenr7545]

It's so brutal. I really feel for the people caught up in it all.

[@Huston3312]

"Lost 6 friends and it scared me into not using...." Ahhh, I see.

[@roennest]

The addict saying it's self harm is spot on. We care for for other people who self harm but not these people. We need to do better!

[@rainaflores779]

You talk about how before their addiction they were all normal and then after the addiction and overdoses its not their fault so just blame somebody let's blame somebody it's not gonna help at all if there is no demand for this drug, it would be shut down. i understand and I feel you where you're coming from. I have an addiction also, it's called delicious food and drinks nonalcoholic And the only one that iblamed is myself. Until that person are their families stop blaming someone else for what they are going through. It's all going downhill for them. They have to own up to it to get out of it. it is not the cartel in Mexico, and it is not the poppies growers in Afghanistan. Take a look in the mirror and you will see where the problem is coming from and who is to blame for that problem which is you.

[@ma3stro681]

I have no addictions and am fit and healthy in my late 50s. I don’t need to do better. These junkies need to get their act together. Not my problem …

[@roennest]

@@ma3stro681 You are quite pathetic.

[@ryanisstuckin93]

​​@@rainaflores779You are clueless. The problem is people, for whatever reason, trying hard drugs when they are suffering from mental health issues or when they struggle with their emotions. Nobody wakes up deciding to be a heroin addict. I didn't. Sure, I had to make the changes and do the work to get better and clean but statements like yours are what demonise and victim blame. The people bringing it into the country are scum. They know they are profiting off peoples misery and they don't care. The problem is the total lack of mental health support in the U.K and attitudes like yours that make people feel they can't be honest and ask for help. Addicion is an illness. You'll never understand unless you've suffered it, but the most relatable thing I can compare it to is OCD. Which is a recognised disorder. Would you tell an OCD sufferer that they are the problem? I seriously hope not. And don't forget heroin is given to cancer patients as a painkiller. It has many legal applications in medicine. Are you going to tell a cancer sufferer who gets hooked on Diacytlmorphine (heroin) that they are the problem too? Again, I really hope not.

[@lakeflower2116]

​@@ma3stro681Damn ur EQ is alarmingly low