I Make $60K a Month Smuggling Californian Weed into New York | WEEDIQUETTE

Has the legalization of marijuana ushered in a golden age of dope smuggling? Krishna follows a shipment of weed from California to New York to find out.
This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2017. Weed laws in the US have since changed.
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[@BEasay]

Those decades-long and life sentences for smuggling marijuana are what's criminal.

[@BikeLife1]

Dont do the crime if you cant do the time pal

[@mannymanny5476]

@@BikeLife1boot licker

[@moradiehot]

@@BikeLife1 lol nerd

[@shika5713]

​@@BikeLife1that aint the point

[@BikeLife1]

@@shika5713 I disagree with the punishments at hand too, but when you traffic weed you know the risks wether you agree with them or not

[@BlackCeII]

It's stupid unimaginable how much money and wasted law enforcement effort has been spent on the war on drugs, especially for non-violent offenders with pot.

[@adrianvasquez5815]

It’s their bread & butter

[@moon-ry8bb]

it's has never been war on drugs.

[@wecanwatersports4151]

We all know THEY are apart of it. Without COPS doing what THEY do prices will go down. Grade A, $100.00 OZs for all.🫵😊

[@aaroncantu5763]

⁠ its whatever the rich people are against. Mostly poor people. Or anyone different then them.

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

Lmao don't think weed doesn't come with violence and crime.. It does..a lot of it

[@Later_Nerd]

Great interviewer. Guy really knows how to keep the conversation moving and redirect awkwardness. Charismatic as hell.

[@BrantleyBucks]

Bro no, he was the cornball of the year

[@angelbahena9294]

He a snitch

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

​@@angelbahena9294who did he snitch on?

[@LaSombraa]

@@grippinglipsfishing5671your mom

[@666racksinmyjeans]

He talked like such a fed lol

[@Farawayfromanything]

I think about 100 years from now when they look back that at history and how we were giving people life sentences for transporting a plant

[@Alapahauk]

You've got it backwards, history shows us that as time goes on, laws get more restrictive and ludicrous. If you went back in time, prior to the 1940's people were driving this plant from place to place without issue. It was considered then how it always should have been, a medicine. Dig up and bring to life a person from the turn of the 20th century and it would be those folks that would be shock by the draconion villification and legislation surround this amazing, god given plant. I fear that in 100 years time there will more legislation and restriction on the free use of cannabis.

[@biglefty08]

USPS and UPS the biggest drug mules in our country 😂

[@Fabrizio7171]

Shhh . Some people still think their plugs fly to cali every week.

[@biglefty08]

@@Fabrizio7171 🤣 gotta keep prices high somehow

[@popychief]

EXACTLY IYKYK 😂

[@froschreiniger2639]

DHL Express are the real heroes where i am 😂.

[@gaber4224]

idk ab UPS but USPS for sure

[@keithjones9195]

Life in prison for pot is crazy.

[@user-pb1ic7pi9c]

It's da crossing thru state lines!!

[@j0hnnykn0xv1lle]

it's not life in prison for pot, it's life in prison for smuggling large insane quantities of drugs. Why are pro drug people so fucking dumb?

[@nothanks9503]

@@user-pb1ic7pi9cUS citizens shall have the right to travel freely unimpeded!

[@CubeInspector]

It is. It's insane

[@karltanner3953]

Land of the free btw

[@ryanb.4920]

Bro stopping 5 different times for food, that Salmon ain't cutting it.

[@coinholio470]

Yeah, no shot a guy that size goes 48 hours without eating lol. Maybe he skipped breakfast on the way out.

[@louskunt9798]

🤣🤣😂😂🫡

[@louskunt9798]

@@coinholio470dude, I was thinking the exact same thing! 48 minutes for him going without grub would be pushing it. I figured he must be rocking a giant cooler with 30 Subway footlongs in it. 😂🤣✌️

[@Hardworkandrealestateprofits]

I worked in corrections. I met a guy in his late 50’s who got caught moving close to 500 pounds of marijuana from California to Chicago. He received 30 years in the Feds for it. The way he got caught was a taillight that went out in his rented U-haul truck on I-70 in Kansas.

[@CyrusTheVirus187]

Pig

[@brdwyev]

i live in kansas, they will get you on 1-70 for sure

[@victorlora4199]

This government is so corrupt, they legalize weed but then give someone 30 years in prison for a drug that they believe is ok to legalize as long they tax it..

[@willwill235]

Headlights and taillights are a mother focker. My only charge stemmed from a headlight out in the wrong town. Now my car tells me if they are out...

[@jonathan34114]

Officer claiming the dog has never gotten a hit for no reason then proceeding to find nothing was my favorite part of the video 🤣🤣

[@arussianspy3114]

The dog can smell residue a while after the stuff is out and they found a hidden compartment. I had a dog hit on me for gun shot residue 2 days after shooting. I’d imagine that time goes up with a large area that hasn’t been cleaned since the weed was removed.

[@jinz0]

the guy was a smackhead probably hid it well or just residue of previous drugs anyways

[@Nycto97]

I have like this men shoulderbag, and I often carry cones with j's in it for personal use. Got picked out by a dog 3 years ago, a couple of days after it was inside of it... At that moment nothing was in there. Don't underestimate dogs. I even complemented the dog :D

[@JacobsNews]

@@arussianspy3114 that doesn't make sense they either train dogs for drugs or bombs its never both and cops don't have bomb dogs . and they definitely train the dog to do a false hits .how do i know?? i work next door to the north Carolina training center

[@mephisto2348]

We used to just smoke in the car and watch them gets pissed as it hits on everything. Literally everything. Hard to find something when it smells like everything else...

[@breakdancer31]

Snitching on yourself while wearing a bandana and glasses, thinking you’re safe, is craaazy. 😂😂

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Right 😂 I kept thinking about the questions that I would without a doubt just say I cant tell you that Like I wouldn't even tell my family that and he just telling everything willy nilly

[@Handlebarstache]

All these vice documentaries are setup and fake.

[@lanadelrio-op6xz]

​@@ashleybanks-wm4cg forget the weed clout is one hell of a drug

[@Feverdreamxo]

Agreed. They’ve made more than enough money to just put it into their business and stay legal from then

[@anton0529]

if it was that crazy they wouldnt be doing it lol

[@jasonschoenmann2308]

That La traffic stop is one of the most unconstitutional things I’ve seen in a while. Stopped for “unusual traffic behavior” is wild.

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

Keep your mouth shut. Try to beat the case on a technicality.

[@jasonschoenmann2308]

@@alexandrostheodorou8387 ur going to tell me you wouldn’t be pissed if you got pulled over and the cop said” the reason I’ll pulled you over is because you are driving irregular to the flow of traffic.” Regardless of if you are doing anything wrong. Idc if it would or wouldn’t hold up in court that system has its own problems

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

@@jasonschoenmann2308 Oh trust me i been pulled over for similar reasons. It’s just a lie to search your car or whatever. Just remember “fruit of the poison tree.”

[@Gundog12]

I'd hate to be a cop in the US. In most european countries you can stop a car to see if they have a drivers license or a randomized breath test.

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

@@Gundog12 Our countries were built differently. Yours gets Nationalized Health Care. Ours get Rights we should have in theory but not really in practice.

[@cwag07]

took multiple officers hours to search his vehicle, just to bust him for a tupperware container that smelled like weed lol

[@dottlenoodle9052]

It should be like they don't deserve a paycheck because there not even enforcing nothing wasting time playing around when they push it so far to cost the department money over a container with the smell of weed really man country needs to change

[@ChristopherGray00]

spending time, money, and resources towards persuing victimless crimes.

[@Rayna-gn3ni]

Let's call it what it is. The numbers speak for themselves. Civil asset forfeiture nets them 16.5 billion a year.

[@tylerlormand5644]

ITS A FACT ALL THE NEW CARS NEW COMPUTERS ALL COMES FROM CONFCATED DRUG MONEY

[@sheafloyd9904]

I knew it was alot, but that's absolutely insane 😮

[@Bohohank]

Cops became pirates after they were forced to wear body cams and couldn’t engage in gang/racial activities any more

[@jacobgay4863]

Then let’s call it what it is. If you add the legal industry from like 3 states it equals that in revenue and if we made it federally legal it would be a ton more

[@ahdiex7363sha]

If u got a 30k car and have a joint they can take the car criminals

[@lilstarship34]

I don’t think people realize how much personal information he gave out during this interview. The fbi/dea just needs to look for a man with registered growhouse/an overweight nephew aged 22-28, who has had sepsis. This man regularly buys salmon, drives fast, and likely has a criminal record due to drug distribution during his youth. They subpoena the journalist’s phone records, find him, simply tap the phones/track gps and boom, he’s done. He’s already incriminated himself with this interview, even going as far as to demonstrate how to traffic. Please guys, never give out interviews like this. Edit, additionally, as pointed out by comments, he has a tattoo on his arm, making him even more identifiable. 2nd edit: As pointed out by comments, his vehicle is also shown, another easily identifiable marker. 3rd edit: -Tries to warn people not to talk to journalists because it can expose you to the feds and gives for examples from the video. “Lol shut up bro, you’re just a snitch/fed”

[@giovannimccullough6841]

This foo literally had the contact as ghost like they cant get this foos phone logs

[@Swagtastic225]

no real proof that he actually traffics here

[@alexvaldez7050]

it got even worse with the nerd interviewing asking personal ass questions

[@thirdeyevision11]

@@Swagtastic225 You seem to be under the impression that probable cause, your rights, the law, the Constitution are important to them for any reason other than what they need to do to get around them. Flaunting this in their face will make them watch until they find a reason that fits into the law. They're making it easy for them and everyone who didn't need to show off appreciates them being the low hanging fruit that takes up the cops time.

[@caseyhoward8261]

This isn't real, ya'll. He was acting.

[@noah4781]

“Ive never seen a dog hit on a car with nothing in it” … then proceeds to find nothing. The dog hit on a random spot that wasnt near the “paraphernalia”

[@matthewlocher3041]

They just have the dog sit on command. Easiest trick in the book.

[@johnsegal445]

They still found something though

[@leonardosteven1571]

In case anyone was curious I did the math on how many joints you could actually make with 250 tons. For this example I'm using 1 gram joints. The conversion from 250 tons to grams is the equivalent of 500,000 pounds to grams. Using the conversion of 1 pounds equaling to 453.592 grams, I ended up with the number "226,796,000". Meaning, more or less, over eight years he smuggled 226,796,000 joints worth of weed.

[@balthabooth5758]

Goat

[@brandonm3750]

I like how my man just sniffed the scale and goes “yeah that’s weed” right at the beginning. 😂😂😂

[@DaGrumpyTaco]

Considering cops deal with weed almost daily, its not surprising that he already knows the smell

[@zezocadoszes422]

"weed residue"

[@CozyyCorner]

dont really know whats on that scale kinda stupid to sniff it can tell by the green shake left over. no need to stick your face where drugs go. @@DaGrumpyTaco

[@growwise5618]

You measure Marijuana because there are limits. How will I know how much to legally carry.

[@wansworld27]

he's not snorting it, just taking a whiff of it@@CozyyCorner

[@joesmith6972]

Nobody making $60k a month off illicit activities would agree to be interviewed about it.

[@keithb372]

They pay them for the interview.

[@DynastySheep]

It's obviously all staged. He's not a real smuggler, he's a paid actor to make up the smuggling story that they believe happens in the real world.

[@FC-ch7ru]

I actually know someone that makes billions that agreed to interviews. His name is Chapo Guzman

[@trezenx]

can't you tell from their house they really like to show off? it's a part of it

[@joesmith6972]

@@trezenx I can tell they've never used their pool table prior to the interview.

[@thegingerbeardedtradie2513]

that cop sounds like the ‘’gremlins im not hard to find’’ guy😂😂

[@cousinchris5851]

Only in the fragmented U.S. could a "drug" be legal and illegal at the same time.

[@justinreilly1]

“Won’t you get a speeding ticket?” Props to this reporter for maintaining an insane level of squareness and ignorance after reporting on this stuff for so many years. Vice never ceases to amaze.

[@glorytogod911]

he going to get like 10 chag

[@sirrom5155]

i respect the hell out of that.

[@afizzle2427]

He has to be ignorant because the audience may not be very knowledgable

[@feedcentral6854]

He didn’t understand cheese in a box reference either

[@Who_datt_]

Playing dumb is actually smart lol smh

[@DreiSkins101]

WHY DO THESE PEOPLE EVEN AGREE TO THESE INTERVIEWS

[@GaryG63]

Because of chronic stupidity

[@tomykas1]

Money

[@DreiSkins101]

@@tomykas1 Not worth the risk of being exposed. He’s a fool.

[@tomykas1]

He is already a fool for running this operation

[@DreiSkins101]

@@tomykas1 TRUE.

[@PersonaPodcast1]

My cousins are smokers and don’t sale and always use scales to balance thier weekly weed usage, that cop is such a tool.

[@jamie.777]

😂😂😂PLEASE, NO recreational user has a friggin scale

[@jamie.777]

Your a tool,.drive around with drugs and a scale, good luck homie 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kenanvelagic]

@@jamie.777 a lot do

[@esolighful]

Great piece 😊

[@salsadude367]

“250 tons? How many joints is that” ~224,000,000 if they’re all 1g each

[@LUCKOWL]

Hopefully you did the math correctly but either way it’s somewhat seems right

[@mrmouse-ol9pw]

Funny. I did the math also but half gram doobs

[@salsadude367]

1 ton is 2000# 250x2000=500,000# 500,000x16oz= 8,000,000oz 8mil oz x 28g= 224,000,000g I think I did that right but I’m also high 25/8 and bad at math

[@kanyejerome]

@@salsadude367ur not cool lil bro 😂 do coke and perks like a real man not a ugly kid LMAOOO

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

@@salsadude367 - You're too high (because you did it wrong). An Ounce is actually 28.35 grams. So you have to add 2,800,000 Joints to the 224 Million (which is 226,800,000 joints for us to smoke to our heads ;^)

[@VahidMusictx]

The fact weed is still illegal is mind blowing. Smh.

[@432Tx]

Naw fr smh

[@oculed1101]

it will never really be legal. even in "legal states" you still can be arrested for selling it. "legalization" means nothing more than the government controls it and profits from it now and all the useful idiots who pushed for legalization for years handed the power directly to them.

[@user-zr9wl3dn4t]

Why df would it be illegal

[@JackMiof]

Weed is legal in NY now

[@RtaincCo]

@@JackMiof And Virginia

[@IIlIIlIIlIIlI]

VICE with another re-upload from 2017....classic. 🤣

[@twigamrefu]

I respect your job. Lets see what will trend. Im following

[@RianMaerck]

If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation

[@UndercoverNormie]

Yeah bro just prevent inflation, like, what are you even doing? What are you stupid, bro? Just stop inflation ez. Fucking bot cancer.

[@legibby]

Bunch of bots

[@jacobcarlson2887]

I wouldn't trust an account only 3 months old

[@titoqwentezproductionz3406]

are you kidding me with this spam/scam lol

[@JonDGAF]

What kinda pyramid scheme BS is this in the comments......You gotta be kidding me. Don't get scammed.

[@artlikeus]

This guy described his health situations, showed what parts of the car he hides stuff in & gave them. Ample footage to link his appearance.. Genius

[@Jennifer-wc5fs]

No dummy he clearly said I’m not going to tell you my formula but I will tell you how people used to hide it. Learn how to listen

[@lilrevo9651]

yeah legit this was the most careless ''criminal'' ive seen on vice yet

[@aedsy]

Watch it again more carefully. He didn't show what parts of the car he hides stuff in.

[@myytchannel6632]

That's Big D. He ain't scared of nobody!

[@athelstaneofconingsburgh]

Yeah a fat black dude from California, gotta be 1/1 rarity

[@jeremy28135]

That was a fantastic documentary 👏

[@MusiliJames-ii8dj]

We out here taking notes in Ngecha, Limuru Kenya!

[@malcolmbrown2625]

60k a month and can’t get a driver to go to NY is crazy

[@justinvt]

> 200lb objects get shipped routinely across our nation all the time - like, 100,000 times a day. Including shipping an entire car - which can be full of whatever you want. Those "pods" things are meant to be an entire houses worth of furniture, they are essentially a U-haul truck without a motor, that the company transports for you. Those are all consumer facing solutions, and the most expensive solution is renting a "Pod" and having the company transport it 3000 miles - It's around $1300. Why would anyone drive it across themselves? This is insane to me.

[@malcolmbrown2625]

@@justinvt to me it just doesn’t make sense that he gives off the image of him and his uncle being the bosses of the operation but in reality his uncle is the only boss cause why is he taking penitentiary chance like that of were basically second man in charge

[@B2street]

@@justinvtcause of postal inspectors. Aka the mail police

[@Ayititunes]

idk if i would trust someone with that much weight, i'd rather do it myself for 1-2 years and just chill after that

[@justinvt]

@@Ayititunes that’s what they all say! “Ya know what? Let’s do one last trip - and we’ll make this a big one!” 🚔👮‍♀️🚓🚓🚔

[@budgetking2591]

much respect, hes not hurting anybody and making a good living for him and his family.

[@southcarolina7608]

Agreed

[@Kaysway2003]

Kudos to him and I don't even smoke weed. I mean let me in😂

[@Kaysway2003]

Well sheriff your dog failed..... now you have seen it.

[@armadilllo]

Too bad he's not paying taxes and neither are his customers, try that with your job. He's a thief.

[@PlatinumHustle]

This gotta be fake

[@jareda3106]

Him talking about throwing it down the highway being chased I've been waiting for that day my whole life😂😂😂 i see that im stockin up

[@kshenriques]

lol

[@liquiddevil7396]

Thank you for your service!

[@2rocco]

Thanks for making these videos, I've been trying to come up with ideas for new side hustles.

[@kcisthe1st]

Exactly I'm like are they trying to promote this dangerous lifestyle. The cops and customers want your head. Robbing the plug is part of the game

[@robertkitchens6341]

Sell meth

[@coreyv_investsaveprofit8511]

lol aye if you’re trying to open a dispensary hmu

[@romanmorozov70]

I recommend you using cheap Cessna. Instead of stupid car smuggling

[@normantaffefiny8227]

The age of self-snitching.

[@Johndoe-io2qr]

😂 fr dumb fucks fucking up the game and really self snitching at it’s finest

[@LuigiL75]

RIGHT???

[@1fastmex]

Fr

[@rdog9297]

And Fake MFs on the Block ..Gentrify Gang..FOH...ENYs Finest

[@dcgene]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@camerondennie732]

that would be 448,000,000 million joints over 8 years weighing an average of half a gram

[@chuck4714]

I CALL BS !!! The dogs dont always find it. I was pulled over in utah like 15 years ago and had to wait on the side of the road out of my car in 100 degrees heat for an hour for them to bring dogs because i declined search. Well they had that dog walk around my car probably 10 times and they didnt alert anything even though i had weed on me!!! They tried and failed. So glad. Id literally still be in prison today

[@mercygirl317]

maybe the dog had a sinus infection lol it effected his sniffing ability😆

[@jonashertz6145]

Blue team go! We finally got this punk !

[@lmoreau8668]

@@jonashertz6145 fed

[@KCJaguar8-6]

Man, I know you were on the side of the road going through it

[@ballinonabudget1130]

That was too long. They shouldn’t have been able to even keep you there waiting that long. Dogs are easy . Just have a female in heat.

[@spinflux]

This is such an uncivilized nation. I live in a state where weed has been legal for a decade, and I cannot imagine anybody getting LIFE for a freaking PLANT that does nothing, NOTHING, comparable to the drugs that are killing people daily now.

[@keep_it_low_bro]

Facts

[@Respect.The.Grind..]

They’re not getting life for a plant, they’re doing life for making millions of dollars under the table that Uncle Sam ain’t seeing a dime of. That’s why it’s illegal, it’s all about money and control

[@caseykyle4029]

DC ain’t making money on it

[@JS-zb1vv]

I think if was only weed without the criminal element and the other hard drugs that usually come with it it wouldn’t be an issue.

[@BOSSDONMAN]

Compared to the number of drugs big pharma itself has engineered.

[@ulost1gaming417]

Screw it, where are the applications at??

[@javierjp8549]

I live in Europe and I have never been stopped on suspicion of snuggling drugs or have ever met someone who was stopped like that randomly. These "special task forces" seem useless

[@JBrotsis1]

As someone who grew up in CA and now lives in OR, where weed has been normalized, it blows my mind that there are other states still living in the Stone Age keeping it illegal.

[@allaansnackbar4269]

It’s mostly the Bible thumping states, but they do let you have your 2nd amendment rights unlike the 2 states you listed

[@sejiva]

@@allaansnackbar4269 ca, or, and wa we too have our 2nd amendment rights on top of already legal weed; maybe full-auto lmgs aren't being sold but still guns nonetheless.

[@AJ-xc4nm]

Ah yes I would much rather live in the glorious safe haven that is Oregon with their legalization of substances like fentanyl.

[@AJ-xc4nm]

@@allaansnackbar4269 A LARGE majority of 2nd amendment absolutists heavily support the decriminalization of weed. Including Christians.

[@ZoeyTheSobble]

@@AJ-xc4nm Source: fox news

[@AlonelyRetriever]

Dude you make him out as a criminal but the truth is he is just really good businessman. He is offering a service that there is a demand for. In most of our eyes he is just running a successful business. The laws are made to keep us poor people down when it comes to marijuana.

[@zachc9031]

This is literally the comment that needs to be pinned. You sir are smart!

[@eddietorres360]

If its for uncle Sam I don't give a damn

[@DeltaPKA]

Yes we want contaminated weed filled with pesticides and disease, most times it's not even weed it's hemp sprayed with a THC distillate and other chemicals these criminals don't care to mention because it's all about making money they don't care if they selling poison..

[@user-mu5sl4vh7m]

That is not the definition of a criminal and of a businessman.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

They make plants illegal in order to create actually illegal/ unConstitutional industries and institutions, such as Law Enforcement/ funding a massive Militarize Police/ Criminal Justice/ and Prison Industrial Complex. None of this was by accident. It was all by design and a side effect of Offshoring our Manufacturing Industries to China, Mexico, and elsewhere. This is quite literally the so-called "Service Economy": A massive increase in the size of Government and Bureaucracy which our Founding Fathers warned us about, which taxes everything unjustly, makes plants illegal, and diminishes Liberty, Freedom, Constitutional and Human Rights, as a result. The reality is they want to employ people so they will vote for Democrats, who will tax and spend us to death, so as to put us into ever increasing massive National Debt, to pay illegal Usury Interest to the Private Central European Bankers/ Rothschild Family. To be fair, there was one or two Republicans (the Criminal Bush Crime Family) which began our path towards National Debt which can never be repaid and a national Budget which can never be balanced = Debt Slavery for all of us.

[@tanandtrent]

13:38 he even hang up the phone like a plug 😂😂😂😂

[@KingsColas]

Is this re-uploaded? Im pretty sjre i saw this a long time ago.

[@funkyskoot9717]

That $3000 pack is very expensive for how mid it looked 😂😂😂

[@KiidDope]

Facts !!

[@jesses3390]

Dude bagging up Reggies 🤣 800 a P joints

[@chodiusmaximus4042]

idiots will pay for it lol

[@fazobte291]

🤣🤣

[@amoebahunter]

fr i can get that quality for like 500 dollars a p bruh bro gettin his pants pulled down lmao.

[@rlee4227]

It's funny. I got a friend who used to take kilos of meth from CA to Arkansas for about 4 years and made ton of cash. Never got caught. Put all that money to work, now he's a clean legit business man.

[@Thebluesky0311]

The dumbs one get caught, but if someone run's like a professional business and with a mature normal adult, it could go on for years!

[@teresaesquivel2040]

So that's why my boss fires everyone he's a crackhead

[@joeking433]

And every night he wonders if he's ever going to get found out. And every day he realizes that his fortune came from illegal means. No one can be happy under those circumstances no matter how hard they try to ignore it! If he ever meets the Lord he will be stripped of all his wealth. If he doesn't meet the Lord he will end up in hell!

[@iprofox3758]

😂😂gotta take the risk and there is no lord except yourself.​@@joeking433

[@orangeyewglad]

Jealous of guys like that. There's always the smart college dealer in big cities who come in and make bank and never get caught and pay for their whole college education while they're at it and the second they graduate they quit dealing, start their career with no college debt, and nobody is any the wiser.

[@goshaa]

fantastic video

[@blackwhitegrey001]

I'm surprised they didn't blur the license plate.

[@AgustinNavia-cg3rg]

Mushrooms did wonders in my life. Over the course of my life, I've suffered from uncontrollable, depression, anxiety, alcohol, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for a long time and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. This is something that really needs to be used globally to help people with similar health challenges. I've been sober for 6 years and have my life back.

[@LetitiaWalker-cb4jf]

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

[@bauerfelicitas672]

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.

[@DeanSteven-qu8xk]

Can you help me with a reliable source? I have suffered from years of addiction, anxiety, and severe ptsd, thinking I got my panic attacks under control, they've come back with a vengeance, and I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't. It's absolutely crippling me, I'm in Switzerland and it is hard to get a reliable source here. Really need!

[@LetitiaWalker-cb4jf]

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.

[@Hikari-xh2sq]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@nicksrandomness8116]

I live in NYS, we have "illegal" shops in every town/city and the legal shops are unable to get approved by the state and have been shutting down.

[@keep_it_low_bro]

Better to grow your own

[@CaalamusTube]

What the hell was this nonsense about " ...to NY where it's illegal" @ 12:47 !?! It's been legal for 3 years & defacto decriminalized since like the 1990s.

[@rnmorris2012]

This is just terrible reporting. Virginia decriminalization happened 3 years ago.

[@Thegingerbreadm4n]

@@CaalamusTube I have no idea.... you're allowed up to 3 oz in NY, you're probably allowed similar in CA. IN BOTH PLACES... a full pound of weed is most certainly illegal.

[@CaalamusTube]

@@Thegingerbreadm4n yeah, sure... but Homebrewing more than a certain number of bottles of beer is "illegal" too. There's illegal & then there's illegal & practically enforceable. More to the point though, it's legally available & unnecessary to take this kind of risk. We grow quite a bit here. ( Also, this was a reupload of a Video originally posted in 2017! :P )

[@FORCE_PBC]

Why are they posting really old videos???

[@User-54631]

Cause they’re broke.

[@RickR69]

They got nothing else.

[@EMAN00619]

Cause they declared bankruptcy

[@tetsballer1835]

they dont make good ones anymore

[@bradleysmith9431]

Cause they will never have a new video ever again... This is all they have..

[@LEANJUNKIE]

Whoever made the ending scene is talented amazing work💪🏽

[@abthaproducer0007]

Lmao soon as he drive off with the weed “I’m meeting with the police”

[@darylp3355]

I remember the classic “How to sell drugs” done by VICE. This is what I need

[@Terpy_Toine]

250 US tons = 226,796,185 grams 226,796,185 1 gram joints or 453,592,370 0.5 joints which was what they was smokin back then

[@jfromtheburgh5643]

They were prob smoking .25 if that

[@K12127]

Who only puts a gram in joint lol y’all can’t roll

[@Terpy_Toine]

@@K12127 i swear to god old people be smokin hella small joints IDK why but yeah, maybe cuz tree got more fire over the years idk lol

[@Terpy_Toine]

@@K12127 HEYhey hey hey hey..... the clubs be selling 1 g joints dont hate, partcipate XD🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@K12127]

@@Terpy_Toine lol your first problem is going to the club for flower. Why spend 150 on a zip when I can get the same thing for 300 a lb off the growers But you right old folks be rolling them pinner joints

[@xozmiumx]

Technically, if you are trafficking weed across state lines and you have a clean record with no felonies and no warrants, there is no probable cause to stop you unless you made some type of traffic violation. Thing to do if you are stopped is to ask if you are being detained and why, and tell them you don't consent to searches. Answer any questions with "I wont answer any questions without my lawyer present." any search at that point would be a violation of your rights. Most Police institutions are corrupt and would try to make this as difficult as possible but it might give you a better fighting chance. (I am not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice. This is for educational purposes.) lol

[@rhette655]

I’d love an update now that it’s rescheduled into a different drug class

[@ISLAMICSTORIES13]

USPS and other mail services is where 99% of marijuana gets moved. I used to recieve packs from Cali about 5-6 times a month via USPS. and as crazy as it might sound I used PO boxes. mailmen in Houston would steal weed when its out in their truck and deliver you an empty box. but they couldnt steal it within the PO where they are on camera. so I would get a PO box at the nicest POs in town and buy a bunch of bs online along with the cali package and rotate POs to where I would only get 1 box per month at each PO. never got any of my weed stolen nor got caught once I switched to that method. im out the game now, finished college and I got a good degree so im done risking felonies.

[@kshenriques]

That was smart. Glad it worked out for you

[@yadhier4188]

amazing documentary and great story telling! keep up the superb work homie!

[@dudecraft2280]

easily the best Vice reporter

[@marryson123]

10:13 I thought Captain Higgins is in congress now. When was this filmed?

[@element5092]

There's so much weed where i live in NY, you can get an oz for $25. Decent stuff for $50, and quality for $100 an oz. Top shelf is $150-200 depending where you go.

[@thikifo395]

thats crazy lol

[@TheGambledog]

Where is this. I need those prices

[@element5092]

@@TheGambledog I live in West New York State. Right by Seneca res.

[@element5092]

Stores advertise prices and quality. I have a sticker that says " friends don't let friends smoke $50 ounces". LoL Got it from a place that sells a 3000mg brownie for $10. A few crumbs knocks me on my ass.

[@mister9mm58]

3000mg wtffff😂😂, 50mg gets me tripping hard. That’s like 60 sessions…

[@averagejoe1773]

A lot of time these dudes are cappin... As someone who did fed time marijuana trafficking.. bringing it from California to Chicago... Yes you can make money.. but you still got to spend money on product the people bringing it packaging gas just cuz you make $60,000 don't make that profit Don't fool yourself kids... Obviously there's people who make more than that but 99% of people do not...

[@tylerlormand5644]

NO U DIDNT ....UR IN A COMMENT SECTION SIT DA FUK DOWN

[@danielcoppock]

he meant profit 30-60 pounds a week bro don't fool yaself the cali bottoms are getting sprayed and sold for top prices in new york

[@tokyothedisaster3015]

For the sake of the discussion, how much was the porfit compared to what was spent? Cause I've worked with growers and it doesn't seem that expensive when you get bulk from good people and if you're willing to do a good amount of the work yourself, plus gas for travel, it seems like it is was Ghost is saying lol.

[@averagejoe1773]

@@danielcoppock I 100% agree you used to get pounds for a thousand bring them back to Illinois sell them for five

[@FriendxA]

thats a cap, lmao.

[@Critical_HitZ]

The conversation with Ceasar at the end was hilarious, thanks for that

[@bornfromforeign]

19:15 he high boy 😂

[@xJaGG3d]

12:10 part of the issue i see with the law enforcement response is the lack of knowledge. the interviewer suggests that the dude may need to measure out his weed to make sure he knows how much he's putting in his edibles, and the old school cop still thinks that the only use for a scale regarding weed is trapping

[@rionduh6834]

This was an awesome episode, hope to see more like it.

[@kanyejerome]

It's old kid

[@IllIlIIllIlIIIll]

You wont.

[@rionduh6834]

​@@kanyejerome it's only 2 days old😂

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

@@rionduh6834 this video is old as the dirt weed dude was pushin. Weed is LEGAL in NYC now hahah. Thats how old it is.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

@@rionduh6834 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Holysuin.]

Hell yes 🙏 doing gods work brotha

[@shipwreck8847]

I need to start this.

[@stevennewellproductions]

Buddy is straight up capping. East coast prices are no where near $3-$4k per lb. lmao

[@TheJuice401]

lol fr 1500 max

[@ReneyHernandez]

before the farm bill it was ........this was shot then

[@caseyhoward8261]

Vice knows it and doesn't care. This is super fake. I could have written a better / more of a believable script.

[@yigitcankaya3763]

The video is from 2017...

[@onelove8062]

More like 500

[@ADHD_Lothario]

This is crazy , In 2012 I used to get bud from California to jersey and I would literally take it back west throughout PA and Ohio. It’s crazy to see this still happening with so much legal bud everywhere

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

This video is a repost, probably from 2012...

[@ADHD_Lothario]

@@crisnmaryfam7344 oh true.

[@Unmaleable]

Where I'm at most of the bud is grown right here in an non-recreational state lmfao. Literally since I was 14 at least 2 smoking buddies had a grow op some personal and some large scale indoor. But out in the mountains they grow outdoors like crazy. Not saying what state bud the high times bud cup....yeah...several winners of that came from my state. Dating back to 2007

[@burdsturds]

@@crisnmaryfam7344the description says this is from 2017🫡

[@ssin5807]

Why not just add like 8 hours to your route and avoid all the illegal states?

[@dreamchasers6489]

Only the real OG’s will know this is a re-upload 💯

[@coqsoq3756]

For anyone curious, 250 tonnes split into 1g joints is about 250,000,000 joints.

[@gcrtransportation4994]

I could listen to Clay Higgins talk forever. First time I saw him was when his St.Landry Parish crimestopper videos went viral

[@jeremywitt305]

Heavy or light it doesn't madder to me.

[@Hoopergames]

Weed is legal in new York...

[@buddieschiknful]

This episode is from 2017

[@gru6y17]

This is old as hell

[@philtaylor1497]

@@buddieschiknful also NY weed got nothing on Cali weed.

[@User-54631]

Quality of product is better in Ca.

[@user-vc1tx9iq9d]

😅

[@thenameisyosh]

“Alleged benefits” 😂😂😂 Dude lmao

[@s1dest3p]

I knew the sheriff guy sounded familiar! That's Clay Higgins who's a member of the U.S. House

[@Moonwalker6969]

He seems like a chill dude ngl

[@joeking433]

Inside he's a wreck. He knows he's one step away from prison and one car wreck away from hell.

[@jermsmooth]

Man I drove from clt to Cali and Cali back to clt wasn’t pulled once saw like 10 cops in 8 days it’s not that bad if you drive like you have sense stay in the right lane cruise control exactly speed limit. Don’t smoke in the car. No sudden movements or being all fidgety in your driver seat

[@lawfulmasses]

The dog "hit" on the front-right wheel well, and there was nothing in the front-right wheel well, but that was still "justification for a search." This man needs to hire an attorney and explore suing under 42 USC 1983 for the illegal search.

[@lawfulmasses]

The government could be legalizing, regulating, and taxing everything about the weed industry, realizing millions of dollars in taxes that could go to public projects, AND these guys would be officially employed taxpayers who could focus on their work instead being subject to arrest at every turn. We could make a positive out of the negative, lemonade out of lemons, but we don't because we are short-sighted, unintelligent, backwards thinking hypocrites.

[@TrashcanActual]

And now it's legal in NY and everyone and their mom is growing or knows someone who does. NY is quickly becoming NorEastern California.

[@biglefty08]

No where near the rate Cali is pushing packs, Humboldts outdoor is better quality than anything grown in NY.

[@percky-doo-doo]

Every ock on the block got a 3.5 for a dub

[@BrittanyLonardo6516]

Plus this is an older video that they just reported

[@jwsagar4]

Naw Cali weed hit different it’s something about just like the sour diesel days in ny nothing can compare

[@biglefty08]

@@jwsagar4 Yessir, that Cali sun blowing those flowers up 👃 Pressing Rosin as we speak in San Jose California.

[@officialpaperbagman]

"I've never seen a vehicle searched when a dog alerted, that there was nothing... there's always something" proceeds to find nothing 😂🙄

[@inkstain7193]

Dogs right half the time.

[@ISLAMICSTORIES13]

@@inkstain7193 the dogs is a bs way to get around the 4th amendment. they alert on every car. they use it only when they cant get any other probable cause.

[@armadilllo]

ummmm, he found the scale and bowl that had weed on it, that's how sensitive those dogs noses are

[@ryan8538]

When they sit it’s an alert. But when they don’t sit, it’s an alert.

[@vasiliosthomas4883]

where can i apply?

[@parkergordon2391]

Ok this really seems like extra steps when legal weed is so much closer

[@DariusClaxton]

They forgot to tell you that the operation has help from a informant that was caught and now giving inside info such as routes, operation procedures ect.. when they "randomly" pull over a mf with 400 pounds and think the driver was messing up but they knew the whole time.

[@CryptoLionGambler]

Very nice of you to show the license plate numbers to the police.😂 damn

[@mrike5651]

It's a rental most likely

[@Unmaleable]

​@mrike5651 What these guys don't tell you...is they have plates to match the car in every state they roll through. Less chance of getting stopped. In my state I remember it was a time if the rental had Texas plates it just wasn't getting rented....Cops see Texas plates here and you definitely getting searched.

[@JuatABoredStoner]

We ain’t friendly with the police. Fck em lmao

[@Mainstreamirl]

​@@Unmaleable for every state na. You really think owners not going to report stolen? I get what youre saying but driving with a stolen plate is worst

[@Tracer-Round]

Took me 5 minutes to figure out who hes talking to as soon as he said "you have a legal side" quick and easy search lead me directly to them. Vice needs to tighten up.

[@pimphatwaggoner1655]

so where the hell was this job posted?

[@Tactical_DZ]

I respect ghost for looking out for his family. Marijuana should be federally legal and legal in every state.

[@mjlynch23]

Posting a 7 year old video as if it's new is weak

[@MoreData-hz8hm]

this video 7 years old???

[@thirdeyevision11]

Especially when the topic is one that has changed as much as this one in the 7 years. Not much of this is relevant at this point

[@35RangoAlfa]

It’s cuz they broke asf

[@Goodnightsrest]

@@35RangoAlfa😂

[@user-pb1ic7pi9c]

New to me I never saw it!

[@macklee6837]

"You wanna go prison or do you wanna pay a speeding ticket?" Lol fax 😆😆

[@ganjaman5803]

its nice that they show they car serial numbers xd

[@Pinkcrayon706]

I thought this was a CNBC make It episode 😂

[@charlie.lammers]

Me too 🤣

[@Evergreen319]

Isnt this old vid? Pot is legal even around new york(virginia/maryland)

[@jinxlin3375]

VICE really be otp with the plug 🔌 😩

[@GabrielHakulin]

I have scale next to ash tray to measure my coffee beans when I brew 🤣🤣🤣