Turning 12-Year-Olds Into Drug Dealers | The War on Drugs

For the past decade, the UK has been horrified by the phenomenon of County Lines - big city criminal groups using kids as young as 12 to take over the drug supply of smaller towns and villages.
It’s taken years for the police to even begin to understand that many of these children are groomed and exploited, rather than just arresting them as dealers. We show how county lines are a direct product of the War on Drugs itself.
In The War On Drugs Show, we examine the social implications of prohibition worldwide.
Any attempt to shut down the trade in drugs such as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine or weed invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death, illness, violence, slavery, addiction, crime and inequality across the globe. Everyone loses - except, in a weird kind of way, the drugs themselves.
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[@saddamgurup7524]

""Any school and college students here....🖤🖤

[@saddamgurup7524]

Super

[@Organic.Mechanic]

This will just increase after brexit due to depression in the economy

[@stroopeter]

Beans

[@valentinagrilli1536]

ciao

[@sergioc.6431]

But on the bright side, the kids are outside playing and learning math. Let's not forget those valuable communication skills.

[@MrBakedDaily]

True better than sitting inside all day playing minecraft or whatever.

[@makemoola5145]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bethanyturman7282]

Omg😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickmcdonald6731]

Straight up

[@nintexoo]

And not paying those darn videogames and not listening to Marilyn Manson!

[@sparkzmedia4291]

People say it’s getting younger and younger every year. Family’s are getting poorer and poorer every year. Think about that one.

[@huntsman_7117]

It’s bs tho. It used to be a lot younger back in 90s an early 2000s

[@mikecrystalrobert7898]

Can’t charge minor they get slap on the hand and released

[@sparkzmedia4291]

@@mikecrystalrobert7898 they choose crime cause they have nothing going for them.

[@mrnumba154]

Are families actually getting poorer though? Or are our expectations of what we should be able to afford increasing?

[@rbst5154]

You relating back to the past mate now if families go broke they can claim benefits where they get a lot of money so they can live a normal happy life

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” ― Aristotle

[@ruslankazimov622]

I don't think Aristotle ever saw a real revolition. Is that supposed to be revolt?

[@seant1479]

@@ruslankazimov622 1st Hans experience with revolution isn’t necessary in order to come to this conclusion

[@seant1479]

@@ruslankazimov622 but no... “revolution” is the correct quote

[@seant1479]

@@ruslankazimov622 Aristotle explained in great detail the theory of revolution. It is his study of nearly 158 constitutions that helped him understand the implications of revolutions on a politi­cal system.

[@seant1479]

But idk if Aristotle was correct. Seems to me like the biggest criminals are super rich people

[@lecorny007]

Teacher: “draw your favorite hobby” 12 years old: *draw themself holding a stack of 20s next to 3 other guys with syringes injecting themself.

[@talaverajr391]

Teacher: How much for a gram?

[@leannemcgrady9059]

@@talaverajr391 🤣that part

[@Dnic10L]

That kids very talented.

[@ianthescientist8827]

Ik this a joke but needles aren't as common as you think because with needles the high isn't as long and it's hard to inject. In areas with lots of drug use you see a lot of needles because their trying to be sterile.

[@salsa1620]

Nothing new we all grew up pretend drinking and smoking.

[@Cyfen]

My high school math teacher was very concerned when she found out how quickly my friend could do gram to ounce conversions. Nothing ever came of it though.

[@otter4206]

😂

[@otter4206]

@The Lenny Show i think he was rounding it to 28

[@latricer6686]

@@otter4206 🤭😂

[@gnarshread]

"They need money. Mommy and daddy ain't got no money" There it is folks. For a lot of people they see no clear way out if poverty and would rather risk crime than try and scratch an honest living knowing full well its a dead end job.

[@hawkehatmal5451]

So you’re blaming the daddy/mommy for not finding a good job in a highly competitive world or the child for wanting money ? there it is folks, the world sucks so much these days because lazy people are not “scratching a living”

[@mollymcginnis5348]

No, he didn't blame the parents. It's the fault of a system that perpetuates ever increasing wealth inequality that causes more and more people to fall into poverty every year. This is what capitalism does. You can try to slow it down but capital will always flow upwards into the hands of the wealthiest people who already have the most, leaving more and more people destitute, vulnerable, and desperate.

[@benblyth3219]

@firstname mclast explain yourself you fool.

[@hawkehatmal5451]

@firstname mclast this fast brain fart is just another example of why the world is such a shitty place I’m certain none of you privileged nancy boys watched the whole video and if any of you did see it till the end, I’m certain they didn’t get it.

[@hawkehatmal5451]

@@mollymcginnis5348 yes its obviously the system’s fault. But he didn’t blame it on the system he instead blamed it on people for not “scratching an honest living” scratching he said, as if good paying jobs were abundant and the system was not rigged

[@docholliday9635]

If the police a “really really good at catching drug dealers” how is it that you can’t walk 300 meters down Main Street in Camden without being offered drugs at least 10 times?

[@mobius187]

the fish rots from the head

[@dogzabob]

Most of this is fake that only tourists buy

[@OJA-jf7bp]

@@dogzabob there's camden tourists ? What the hell lol

[@mrsqrrl]

That's exactly the point. They're replaced as fast as they are caught.

[@78625amginE]

@@dogzabob Who goes to Camdentown as a tourist?

[@allesklar8636]

Congratulations to drugs, for winning the war on drugs

[@superlazy3355]

I like drugs so this is a win win

[@mariopsota5806]

Hmm,I think we watched the same video,nice

[@cue1806]

And my cousin felix. He made it out the game with his freedom intact and a whole lot of money

[@madstylesnz]

Pure capitalism at play, the market always wins.

[@latricer6686]

@xirsamohtx lies that new fentanyl crap is some BS.

[@Scottbewilding]

Legalize all drugs, regulate them. Set prices. Save lives. End the war on drugs.

[@davidz2808]

It wouldn't stop addicts mugging people, burgling houses etc. to fund their habits.

[@VonDutchyy]

@@davidz2808 prices are only so extortionate because theyre illegal,legalize evrything and watch prices drop over night

[@rafasboxingtalk1265]

Legalization will only bring more problems, drug related deaths would sky rocket

[@VonDutchyy]

@@rafasboxingtalk1265 there’s no proof of that though, look at Portugal’s statistics

[@ryo.4200]

Lol

[@ashtreylil1]

This has been happening in the us for years and years

[@camerynscott]

Literally 💀 since drugs were a lucrative business kids have been dealing. Nothing new.

[@PJF1981]

Nothing new here either.

[@canvasslife]

American tactics in foreign soil lol we gotta stop giving up our ip’s to oversea businesses

[@tibicenlinnei4014]

I cried my eyes out when I saw the news story in my childhood neighborhood about a 5 year old that was running heroin for his uncle and was stabbed and set on fire by some fucking junkies. The story is part of the reason I worked so hard to stay in my treatment. I was an IV heroin addict. I realized I couldn't be a part of that. I'll be 6 years clean this May.

[@chunkysushibread]

@@tibicenlinnei4014 💔 that's sick , happy to hear you've changed for the better 💚

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.” ― Honore de Balzac

[@carolpritchard330]

That is exactly it .

[@IhategoogleAlot]

Homie do you just go around spouting one liners under vice videos?

[@carolpritchard330]

I don't know Homie , what do you think of it ?

[@jackginder3313]

Always Honore de Balzac

[@RLScheurman]

@@jackginder3313 or de balzac will honor YOU! lol

[@datboizamo1873]

You know what would solve this problem? Legalize it and regulate it.

[@Kenji-ug5bo]

Nope

[@kylechetram915]

@@Kenji-ug5bo Yup, it's economically feasible and socially responsible. Enough studies exist to indicate that legalizing and regulating is the right choice.

[@chinarut]

@@kylechetram915 source?

[@bigmoneystudiozzz4553]

@@chinarut check legalized countries... saw improvement n all. Stats dont lie lil homie

[@iliyapeshikan7783]

It's not enough to legalize drugs. They have to be made incredibly cheap in order to shut down the competition. In Canada, even though weed is legal now, illegal weed is cheaper and therefore people still buy it. Zero VAT for drugs when legalized or legalization will fail!

[@kevinjenkins6986]

Same things happening in the US. Small towns that used to be propped up by a few mills/factories are now drug dealing and using hotbeds because the industry is gone. It’s like watching an entire community slowly die, it’s sad. Unfortunately when economics for an entire community are going bad, the first people to suffer are the vulnerable. This of course includes children, the mentally ill, and the elderly. I can’t tell you how many old folks in my area, Western Pennsylvania, have been popped for selling hard drugs. In the future we will definitely question why we continued such futile policy for so long. This series is AWESOME by the way. Keep it up Vice!

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

Remember if you want to do crime you have to be rich. The law doesn't apply to the rich only the poor.

[@maxkhunglo6211]

Well why not do it at all?! You'll get your dad/mum to lose their job. Depends on what type of rich too. Also anything excess can lead to addiction.

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

@@maxkhunglo6211 people can get addicted to anything. Laws against "drugs" only benifit certain people. They don't care about people's health. If they did they would spend money on rehab and not home invasions.

[@maxkhunglo6211]

@@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone so your saying, it's better to solve the latter than the former. Let people become edicts than treat them. Won't that never solve the issue, if you don't solve the root cause(no offense)?!

[@TheOwenMajor]

It the difference between stupid criminals and smart ones. Being smart leads to success, regardless of the legality.

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

@@maxkhunglo6211 if you don't want addicts then you need educational programs, better social workers, less stress, better social nets, and much more. Yet being used as a political puppet and exploited to generate revenue is not on that list. People don't need to be terrorized they need help.

[@6thGearGarage]

2021: I’m watching an old 15” crt TV on a hi-res retina screen.

[@pvegod1484]

That’s vice for you 🤟🏻🤟🏻 so cool and trendy 💯💯😩😩🔥🔥 shitty old tv aesthetic 😩😍

[@kenosabi]

PrOgReSsiVe

[@bobcharlie7982]

I cant beleive this is only just becoming public knowldge been going on for years

[@huntsman_7117]

Decades

[@PrincessCupncake]

Yes we heard him say that too. You’re not special

[@huntsman_7117]

PrincessCupncake who pissed u off lol

[@aniisax2657]

You should check out her channel Queen Ash she talks about her experiences

[@zh2266]

Exactly. When I was first introduced to this back in 2011 it was called "cunch" or "OT"

[@astralfluxaf]

This is currently the most important series on the Internet! Thank you for your amazing work once again 🙏🏽

[@drummerdom6665]

They get younger every year.. it’s sad

[@umeriqbal5406]

iphone, PS5 and new set of Nike's ain't cheap.

[@huntsman_7117]

Used to be younger back in the 2000s

[@Spittin_Bars]

Lol legalize drugs and regulate them and these problems go away.

[@racoonm45t3r]

*walking down a dark alley way 5 Year old: wannna buy some heroine?

[@racoonm45t3r]

@@Spittin_Bars first off, heroine, coke and all these other hard drugs should never legalized.

[@sheasmith950]

I sell drugs and I’m 7, these man starting late af.

[@bloodysabbath1984]

Sure buddy

[@imshook7346]

same, im turning 5 in august and then my dopeman said hell promote me to blacktar dealer, keep grinding king

[@ravioliravioligivemethefor5882]

Same I was hussling in the womb

[@luismartinez-mi7db]

😂

[@umeriqbal5406]

@@ravioliravioligivemethefor5882 How do you sell drugs from the womb?

[@teethgrinder83]

When I was a heroin addict just before I stopped 15yrs ago County liners came up to my small town, they didn't recruit kids, they were in their 20s and recruited addicts instead. What surprised me the most is that when this suddenly started happening the quality of heroin went down rather than going up like I'd have thought

[@sabirzain5053]

Decreasing the child unemployment rate, one kid at a time 🥰

[@dwg8084]

Dafuq dude. Hahahaha

[@happyguy2k]

@@dwg8084 ik he joking but it funny and sad at the same time

[@lewisrandall2459]

🤣🤣🤣💀

[@oxydk]

Wheres the lie tho? if younger people had other opportunities to work they'd most likely do that instead

[@Shinkajo]

I'm currently rewatching The Wire, so this is ironic.

[@Coins.com.]

What a show

[@bananaempijama]

Best show ever!

[@dynochronlock]

Bubbles!

[@JiveCinema]

like a 40° day

[@dynochronlock]

Put on this Hat playa pimp! 😂

[@tbm7301]

imagine your plug being a middle schooler.

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

🔌

[@andystm]

Sad

[@easty204]

We don’t have “middle schoolers” you yank it’s called secondary school

[@A1un9ine]

@@easty204 ahlie

[@kenosabi]

@@easty204 I love the differences between UK culture and US culture. So wildly different.

[@bradsully6620]

The best is when you hear a little kid probably 10 or 11 on a bicycle ask you what you want when you're walking by in Cincinnati. The dealers make the kids run it to the fiend because the kid is less likely to be looked at by the cops. And if the kid brings in 500 in a day he probably gets to keep like 30 of it. But 30 bucks makes you feel rich when you're 10 years old. And then thats how they get them, then odds are they will be dealing for their lifetime, and the cycle continues.

[@johnhoover5431]

I get a big 90's vibe off this whole video. The tv's, the stacks of magazines, the main dude with the haircut and shirt. 90's

[@larsstougaard7097]

You are totally right, perfect 90s setup and same drugs

[@drillano4845]

Been going on for ages

[@tech1238]

I remember it in the 90’s

[@ethanyeethan7617]

Yeah, and he did say that in the video

[@jakobalbrecht7]

doesn't make it better does it?

[@koroborok2719]

Yu

[@koroborok2719]

Yup

[@williamburnside7167]

Pretty much every dealer I have ever known started dealing when they were still in school.

[@mraso30]

Same. Exact same idiots that sold weed E and K at my high school now sell H/fent and coke/crack.

[@lukebarlow8719]

Bruh Wym K is worse than coke tf

[@xao8035]

@@mraso30 jesus fucking christ.

[@itsyourmemelord2378]

@@mraso30 more drugs means more money

[@blackacidgaming5672]

@@lukebarlow8719 K is cheaper so better for school, and less addictive l lol

[@LeeBro999]

You’re 30 years too late for these “new developments”

[@iAnon666]

the comment i was looking for. im 27 and this was how life was in the southern US growing up and the problem started wayyy before that. you dont need a work permit to sell drugs at 14.

[@mandaladreaming]

I'm concerned this is happening in my small country town in Vic. Australia. Things seem to have amplified during the whole lock down experience with teenagers in my area probably due to boredom and dissalusionment. The local street drug house has had an influx of younger and younger kids rolling up daily. The other day all the young usually well behaved kids on my block (the ones from 'good homes') were out the front of my place acting unusually ridiculous and out of control and character. When I asked what was going on they told me they were on (and had recently been dabbling) in "special k" - these were 10, 11 and 13 year old boys... innocent 3 weeks ago a 12 year boy was stabbed in a horrific attack with a teenage drug dealer and died. It's scary that access to drugs is so easy and the exploitation of children so young is happening everywhere these days. Best we be ahead of the curve....

[@iamtheonewhoknox]

How you know if a teen is drug dealer? They will tell you

[@crub4906]

Evolution of KZbin Ads. 2010: No ads. 2015: Skip ads. 2018: Skip ads after 5 seconds. 2020: Video will play after ads. 2030: Video may play 2040: Video unavailable, watch ads. 2050: KZbin renames AdTube".

[@AV-uv9kx]

The last few seconds of this video is well said. End this rediculous war on drugs NOW!

[@Danimal-D-Animal]

This happens everywhere. Kids are intrigued by guns and violence no matter what their social class. They line up to get exploited and usually exploit their own children. It's disgraceful.

[@FatRonaldo]

This episode is the most bleak yet. Exploiting children in such a manipulative way is so despicable. Makes me feel both disgusted and fearful that people can be so evil.

[@Thehumbledcarguy828]

I love vice yall make videos educational but yet entertaining and funny. Couldnt be better. We want more hamilton tho

[@aniisax2657]

You should check out her channel Queen Ash she talks about her experiences

[@0Linerider0forever0]

This series is so on point and important, I hope people listen

[@aniisax2657]

You should check out her channel Queen Ash she talks about her experiences

[@DJSAINTJHON]

schools aren’t gonna teach anyone how to hustle but the streets do

[@TheConfuciusPanda]

Only if you're shite at school

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

When i came out of my mommy, i had a pinky ring and stack of 20's.

[@markgonsalves]

Great video 👍

[@JM-qr8qz]

I think culture over time that's affected everyone. Social media, culture, sexuality, enhanced drugs, etc. has caused a downward spiral. What we used to think as bad 20 years ago is okay now. What we believed 20 years ago as good is now bad. I can see a pendulum eventually soon going back. I miss living in the 90's.

[@amandarogerson9132]

Boy you said it. I can't believe how opposite the world has become.

[@degenbrainlet]

This. So much at play here

[@amandarogerson9132]

@bruhmcbruhface yea, that's right. It's the same thing. Only back then a lot of time kids sold drugs to feed their families and survive and to take care of mama and their siblings cuz daddy was gone. Now they sell drugs cuz that's the cool way to get the newest sneakers or a watch, or Mercedes. I know they bought nice things back then too, but a lot of the time they had started selling for a better reason, and out of necessity.

[@Strikadelic1]

Yep

[@TheoRoose1776]

Did you miss the fact that this has apparently been going on since the 90s?

[@FrazzoNews]

Not specifically related to only this video, but the setting (the old TVs and so on) for the talking head shoot of the narrator is really cool. Kudos to who came up with that idea.

[@harrys1848]

Really good piece of research this.

[@MilkyStudios]

Top vid yet again

[@TheBlok23]

Back in 2004 I used to live in London and I use to smoke white and brown .... I remember during summer one kid like 8 max 10 yo , come to us down the block of hackney to sell ball... in September I saw him on his school uniform ... was so sad and strange to my eyes ... and now watching this video I go straight back to those good old days.... ! Almost 20 years gone but not much change !

[@tingmo6669]

Well done on getting clean

[@TheBlok23]

@@tingmo6669 ❤️

[@myyt7590]

@@TheBlok23 i used to go there if yk what i mean

[@TheBlok23]

@@myyt7590 🤟🏽🤔😉 Kingsland rd…. Dalston

[@asciidity4193]

Goes back further than the late 90s for sure. I saw all this going on in the late 80s and had to move away from Essex in the early 90s when I was 11yo due to all this, mostly due to concern from parents and family, personally I was having the time of my life and miss those days TBH. We were mostly selling white and dark, but smoking hash, doing trips etc.. ourselves, summer was real busy in seaside towns due to all the tourists, we just used to hang around the arcades all day looking for customers. Always older people staying in bedsits while we went out to sell. Not much the police can do to young kids, and we all knew it.

[@jonathanlabrecquepoirier6615]

This series is really awesome. Thanks a lot for healing the bad wounds ❤️ (and not fighting the good fight.. you know)

[@otter4206]

"Here are a few hundred bucks. Go buy yourself a tracksuit"😂

[@victoria2124]

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

[@victoria2124]

*Text him directly on W h a t' s 🅰️🅿️🅿️*

[@victoria2124]

+𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟙𝟞𝟠𝟙𝟘𝟟𝟡𝟠📞

[@rouspot3655]

Love my mate doing this war on drugs series.Vice, he deserves a raise

[@doctorbigsmiles]

Ah he's terrible

[@GeekGamingOffic1al]

Nice one vice

[@johnsurma1085]

Neil Woods really knows his stuff. He should be in parliament helping direct and changing the drug laws. Things are getting worse it needs to change.

[@marlee2309]

Check out his story on James English Channel, its a good listen

[@eatass5627]

I agree with the premise but why do vice reporters always have this air of smugness like they figured it all out ?

[@trolleysnatcha]

Because they exclusively hire upper middle class 20 year olds

[@PropheticShadeZ]

Maybe it's because they have been saying the same thing for 20 years and no one believed them at the beginning

[@madstylesnz]

11:50 - well said, all the government needs to do in Britain is maintain the status quo of the criminal prohibition of recreational drugs and I guarantee you in 20 years time nothing will have changed. The war on drugs is a war without end.

[@kriddz]

Good to see Ian Curtis is back

[@peterryabinin3829]

Cool! What the innovative special effects!))) The old TV? Really?))) Who is that Spielberg?)))

[@Martysowavey]

Who on Vice set up that interview scene in the bando 😂😂😂

[@Gameang123acdc]

Mexico: "First time?"

[@Vestegnenforlife]

Funny thing is, this has been going on for years on years on years...

[@newbornangel3084]

I just laugh after watching this! Good job 👍

[@TrueCrimeQueen]

I'm super obsessed with these videos! Stay safe out there everyone 😜❤

[@MBD557]

Short Documentary about kids in uk county lines Americans: wE'VE BeEn DoING tHaT OvEr HeRE lol 😂😂😂Yankees be proud of the most weirdest of bs, you lot want cookies or something

[@peterirungu4083]

No ones ever said that

[@davidblaine8410]

@@peterirungu4083 nope I've literally seen more than 5 similar comments lmao

[@saint_gales]

Nazi Germany: *gasses people based on essential elements and genocide* Americans: Yooooo we did that first wdym?

[@zaytime4156]

I’m Karious as to why y’all Kall us Yankees like everyone is from New York lol

[@peterirungu4083]

@@zaytime4156 what makes you a yankee?

[@samthedevil007]

Oh, I thought this was a life hack for drug dealers. Never mind

[@Pedro-tt4ub]

Bloody brilliant - so so so true! Having worked in youth criminal justice this is a real good compact explanation on the problem. Lots of valid points raised by the experts too

[@ux3476]

This video reminded me that someone at my school, who was in S1 (year 7 for yous in England) was caught dealing weed and cocaine

[@walmartskills]

If a 12 year old was selling drugs around here they'd just get robbed

[@bombxpie]

well more successful dealers have lookouts for that soooo....

[@thelemonadeheadstand1698]

My dude, that piercing is looking infected.

[@WSFM_Rex]

🤣i knew i kept looking at it for some reason 😭 this man needs to up his personal hygiene

[@onionpapi]

Whose peircing

[@melon8909]

vice: "kids are drug dealers, its awful" also vice: *TRAP MUSIC BLARES*

[@143ba]

county lines is probably one of the best drug stories on the planet. way more interesting than anything happening in the US, it’s obviously very sad but most americans couldn’t picture anything like this happening over there

[@brethren111]

I remember when I met a guy 4 years ago at a job interview and he offered to drop me off home so I agreed and we talked about weed though out the journey so he took down my number and said let's smoke in a few days I'll drive down,and you can show me around your town so I thought nothing of it and agreed , so few days later I got a call that he's nearly there , he pulled up to my house, i jumped in the car and it was him and his girlfriend, but instead of chilling and smoking he gave me 2 ounces of weed wrapped in foil one cheese other haze , basically he wanted me to become a dealer by just giving it to me and making it sound like it's all good just take it , but instead I smoked it gave some to a friend to sell... he smoked it too 😂and the guy knew I was going to leave the country for a holiday and he was still trying to get to me when I was getting into the plane, changed my number and when I returned never saw him again 😂😂😂😂😂

[@21grey67]

Is your real name Danny Simpson?

[@kevbarron6501]

@@21grey67 got him!!

[@johndoe-li8oy]

this happens everywhere. as long as you are too young to be tried as a adult

[@Everythingerykah]

This is nothing new. I was brought into the drug world by the time I was 9-10 Actually using by 11-12 It starts at home and spreads out

[@modularmountain3910]

“To sell their gear”.... I smell a narc

[@redchristy]

I'm from m21, growing up as a teen in the mid 90s we would never have let someone take the piss out of the youths like this.

[@minhhoang4612]

The world seems messed up lol

[@minhhoang4612]

Well at least im living in Vietnam a “communist” country say whatever you want but it is very peaceful here

[@Romans-3-23]

Millstones round there necks an to the sea for any one that harms the young ones

[@logiwogi8938]

#SaveOurChildren

[@tmzebe530]

Thought this was about the Mexican kids dealing dope in the tenderloin SF. On Hyde leavenworth turk and golden gate

[@westonf8779]

Glad yall made a video on this. Been happening in the states long as I cam remember. In the states kids get shot over this

[@TheSlizzer348]

Vice just makes one of these videos saying it’s a brand new thing every time they need an easy paycheque

[@pri0r_t0_a_weekago...fukwi48]

I’ve been seeing this since the 90’s

[@tech1238]

Same. No easy solution unfortunately

[@CrossmoorMafia]

@@tech1238 What do you mean there is no easy solution? Legalize all drugs, make mild ones like cannabis available the way it is now in Canada for example, and make hard, dangerous and physically addictive drugs available at clinics where users have an easy way to look for help to stop. That way you take away the gangs as well as the image of drugs as some kind of cool forbidden fruit. Of course that wouldn't completely stop every problem associated with drugs but it would be million times better than the current laws.

[@tech1238]

@@CrossmoorMafia I agree with you 100%! however it’s not an easy solution. it would be met with too much resistance from politicians and the public. Sad

[@mrdunnepoetryreallifetvuk1934]

Same, 96/97..

[@pri0r_t0_a_weekago...fukwi48]

CMM Beats agreed.

[@christinapomponio6452]

I live in the US and i started selling H when I was 15. The fast money is just as addictive as the drug itself.

[@bjorn1060]

@bruhmcbruhface heroin

[@trixtrix3836]

Right It’s hard to work a normal job when you can make 10 times the amount of money in a few minutes

[@morkovija]

Neil Woods! So cool to see him again! Really good video on YT with him about being undercover cop

[@TravisGazaGod]

sorry mom i ain't making supper, i just drove into the town gotta reload my runners.

[@lukefarrell2624]

thank you for your journalism on the failure of the war on drugs. top notch

[@seant1479]

There’s 2 simple, obvious, effective solutions to this problem... either one will work--- either *end the terroristic war on drugs* or *change the age of adulthood from 18 to 4 years old*

[@itsxunlight]

Thanks for the good laugh!

[@sotch2271]

Look at Switzerland, they stopped war, yet drugs still won

[@leostreat3573]

We used to do an 80 mile round trip to buy both back in the day from mid wales . No one ever brought anything our way . Luckily ...

[@catchargdgd934]

really sorry but this problem is super hilarious lol "think of the children"

[@jcolterh]

"Literally cut the head of the snake." Lady, you don't know what literal means. Unless, wait... Is a snake dealing these drugs? Holy crap. Snakes are dealing drugs in the U.K. That's amazing!

[@josip09]

It's hard to count money without thumbs

[@wykius1]

Now that's news worth covering.

[@jackreeve5775]

Hahaha American humour at its finest...

[@puddspudds5102]

40 years ago dealers just didn't use kids ..was frowned upon within the users community ( brother was a heroin addict ) so something has changed for sure EDIT ( UK )

[@bsaforlife]

Not true in America there were adults using kids as runners and pickpockets and things in the 70s in major cities all over the country

[@Mr96Frank]

I hope your brother is doing better dawg

[@isabelgonzalez2719]

I'm in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 (the last USA colony but named a Commonwealth) and here's a big drugs trafficking situation, but the code on the streets is against using minors as mules. Some underage guys are into business, get arrested or are gunned down by rivals, but not as young as they said it's in the UK.

[@sotch2271]

Now addict just search their highest high, trust me they search their death nothing else

[@sotch2271]

@Isabel Gonzalez damn its weird that outside puerto rico, Puerto ricans do use kids of 12 to 16 like in canada usa, at least you keep that mostly outside

[@blake2740]

This is the best play list on vice

[@danielbtwd]

The police and politicians don't have a clue. Who would have thought?

[@marc07112]

This been happening in the US since the 70s, sheesh, don't do what america has done

[@oppoaction]

Since before America was founded actually

[@yumekojabami2828]

Not a flex

[@oppoaction]

It’s not supposed to be 🤣

[@yumekojabami2828]

@@oppoaction right therefore stop acting like it is

[@oppoaction]

You’re the one who’s acting like it is bruh

[@Totally_Baked]

I remember being 11 in middle school and being offered heroine from another 11 year old. I'm 22 now so this isn't new.

[@cakepudding3220]

Damn. Hopefully you said no

[@Totally_Baked]

@@cakepudding3220 I was smart enough to say no. I simultaneously was scared of trying it, and didn't trust a middle school dealer.

[@evanhutchinson4651]

Just got a vice advert on a vice video🤣

[@seant1479]

I imagine organized crime would drop by somewhere around 75% worldwide if the terroristic war on drugs ended

[@seant1479]

For example, in the US, 50% of the total prison population are incarcerated bc of non-violent drug offenses. So literally, overnight, in the US, crime would drop (by definition) by 50%. Then you got to think of all the inmates thatre in there who *are* violent drug offenders. So, yeah

[@blessed-tony]

Before I clicked on this I just knew it was based on UK roadman

[@samfisher01]

The people at the top need to be treated by society like the groomers they are. Instead we give them number ones for their latest record, people don't seem to realise a lot of drill artists are effectively working for these people as propagandists. Makes me sad to see so many young kids literally blasting the sound of child exploitation out of their phone speakers on the bus.

[@Mankey1234]

I'm surprised this is new to people, I regularly had kids who must've been 10/11 years old approach me on the way back from school in like 2007

[@howey935]

I live in a small town near Durham and a load of lads came into the town to start dealing from Middlesborough. Well it didn’t go well for them they got robbed a few times so they came back with some older “bad” lads to sort the trouble out and they ended up getting fucked up as well. They took the locals to be country bumpkins but they got a shock when they turned up tooled up and mob handed and ran them out of town.

[@sotch2271]

Good for them

[@187mrsmith]

I thought it said vice turning 12 i was like happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 Then I seen turning 12 year olds into drug dealers 😒😧😢

[@huihkjify]

15 years ago dealers in England were 13 yo.

[@ziljin]

I'm curious are there any countries that managed to lift people out of poverty and reduce crime?

[@censored_dream]

The government needs to make this video a school lecture or just show it in 5th grade. Thats the only way to prohibit this hell from taking over. Making kids undercover agents is unacceptable.