Smoking Cocaine Mixed with Human Bones: Basuco | High Society

‘Basuco’ is now considered the cheapest drug in the world, at 30 cents a hit. It’s made from the residue leftover from cocaine production, mixed with brick dust, volcanic ash, sulphuric acid, kerosene and sometimes ground-up human bones.
The high is all-consuming and shockingly addictive, and an epidemic of basuco dependency is tearing through poor communities all across South America.
For the cartels, often the cheapest and deadliest drugs are the most profitable. In this episode, we meet the shadowy figures behind this epidemic and visit the neighbourhoods it has destroyed in its wake.
High Society
The War on Drugs has been won. By drugs. They’re everywhere.
Many of them are new, and they’re all more potent.
Society is altering chemicals, and chemicals are altering society back, creating new drug scenes - some funny, some bizarre, some terrifying.
Drugs on TV usually mean criminals getting busted or addicts in recovery. But this series is about the cultures and people that have grown around the substances.
High Society will show you how drugs are shaping our world.
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[@dannyfrantsevich727]

The balls on this vice reporter to go ahead with the interview, a day after their contact was just killed. Huge respect.

[@robalexander2016]

Their contact ?? Really ?

[@ashleybrown4754]

And nobody knew anything about it...... SKETCH

[@pauliusrainys3258]

She also need food on the table

[@jeffreyval9665]

How do you not realize this is fake?? Makes it seem dangerous if they say their contact got killed. Took them about a minute to find a new one. Highly unlikely if this was actually real.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

imagine having an army of basuco witches. that would be epic LOL

[@munyaradzipunungwe4138]

I used to judge addicts but I looked at myself and noticed that I have several addictions which just not drugs and I have been battling for ages to quit

[@turdfurgeson517]

Awareness is where it’s at my friend, self reflection and self improvement over time.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

We're all human

[@turdfurgeson517]

@@12xenn45 That’s deep :)

[@PanaeolusLBK]

@@J_Clean_1996 watch out, gonna cut yourself with all that edge

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@J_Clean_1996 liar

[@ostadfiha4225]

Documentaries like this always discourage me from going further than weed. Thanks VICE for spreading awareness and positivity among people like us.

[@user-gv5mo1rd2p]

I'm pretty sure they can make a documentary on the downsides of weed but that's gonna be the next decade when enough dysfunctional adults hit the market.

[@AsapMilk]

Definitely don't ever go further than weed. Although its tempting weed is almost always the better drug to do

[@sonatine3266]

Weed can also be very problematic. There is just one key to it all: "disciplined consumption". Beside the fact that drugs like Bascuo, Croc and all the other ultra cheap drugs are actually dangerous and toxic by their ingredients and are just a thing for insanely poor people in poor countries, every chemically pure drug could be theoretically consumed without problems. For example: Opioids like Codeine, Oxycodone, Morphine or even chemically 100% pure Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) are literally not dangerous for the human body, since their are not dangerous for the liver, like f.e. Paracetamol or other non-opiod analgesics, which can be toxic for the liver after weeks of consumption. Opioids are so dangerous because of their insanely high addiction factor. "Junkies" are also often so ill, because they can't afford the pure stuff like Oxycodone, get infected through the usage of dirty consumption tools (especially when i.v. consuming) and also a lot because of dangerous extenders in Heroin on the street. Also chemically pure Cocaine without dangerous extenders or any other similar drugs (MDMA etc.) could be consumed without problems. If someone would consume any of these drugs on the weekend just like someone smoking a blunt on a satureday evening to relax, he could do this his whole life without getting any problems by side effects or addiction. But, through the fact that it all is illegal and so stuff like Heroin and Cocaine is crazily cut, many people get addicted because they can't just buy a small amount in a drug store or pharmacy (like Weed). And as mentioned before they key to that is always disciplined consumption, since you only get addicted when you keep doing it every day. When you are addicted, different drugs have different characteristics on the human body. Mental addiction is always a big thing (Cocaine and similar stuff like Crystal and Amphetamines are probably the worst here) and also Weed can get you mentally addicted up to a very intense point, which then takes a lot of work to get rid of it. Some drugs even make you physically addicted, so you can't just stop even if you want to - and here are Opioids and Benzodiazepines the absolute worst, while Cocaine, Crystal and Amphetamines pretty much have 0% physically addiction potential.

[@skyvixxxen]

Weed is frying your brain 😂😂😂

[@joe44523579875]

@@sonatine3266 interesting stuff

[@ImAntonioCreate]

This is one of the most dystopian, evil, grimy, and out right terrifying episodes that vice has produced. Incredible talent on the vice team. Big respect for capturing one of the darkest corners of earth and providing an educational piece for so many to see.

[@richperkins5192]

I’d have to say that Kensington pa in the USA looks even worse than this. These Colombian addicts still look like humans at least

[@mrphucyoo8281]

The one about the columbian death flower thing was a good one too.

[@stralplane]

Watch "Zombie's of Nairobi" by a independent journalistic organization from Italy. True desperation and unseen poverty. People living exactly like animals.

[@williamyoung9401]

A firefighter for sixteen (16) years left on the streets to fend for herself. That should tell you everything you need to know. This government doesn't deserve its people. (15:37)

[@robclark2321]

Did you just look at a thesaurus for similar words without the slightest understanding as to how to use them? You didn’t sound intelligent btw

[@titusrichardson9957]

This is the type of journalism I love to see from vice. As an addict in recovery, I like to think I am pretty knowledgeable about everything that is out there and I had no idea what this was or that this was a thing and vice taught me something new, Tragic of course, but I'm now more informed than I was before so thank you for the top notch reporting vice.

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and it appears they still receive a cut of their profits now

[@titusrichardson9957]

I’m an addict in recovery, dipshit ^^^

[@nickacelvn]

Me too, good luck Titus.

[@graysondaniels7301]

same here. when you’re an addict and see a drug you’ve never heard of it makes you presss play 😂

[@3asyrider75]

Good luck man. A little advice is to stay away from all your friends who are using. It’s a hard decision but the only way to keep off the addiction.

[@dylynblue9864]

Some old school vice vibes here. Need more reporting like this.

[@LaKymana]

🙌🏾

[@zakur0hako]

"old Vice" is a myth

[@chauna5413]

Right, was missing this

[@Brokensafety28g]

this is trash, not old school vice ive been watching thme since 2009, look at the title, "smoking cocaine with human bones" and what was said " that is a rumor"

[@williamyoung9401]

Vice teaching all of us that that being Poor in the world is now illegal. It's the same in America.

[@wewayouthere]

Been in recovery since 2015 and being sober saved my life! May all who suffer from addiction find the help they need to survive and live a life we were meant to live

[@hellgone666]

Then why can't I quit

[@xCristianAndres]

@@hellgone666 you’re not committed

[@Earthbound369]

@@hellgone666 You will quit when you're ready, if you want to.

[@karo2950]

​@@hellgone666 Say you" can't quit ,yet." Edit for punctuation.

[@hellgone666]

@@Earthbound369 I won't quit

[@ChristopherEric-fr8im]

I started taking cocaine since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting cocaine addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with similar health challenges.

[@NetaZjdb]

Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

[@smith23652]

Yes Dr.benfungi

[@RodriguezGorge]

I'm really happy for you that your wife decided to help you...I hear about alot of family members or so called friends shutting an addict out of their life, which since most addicts do it to mask emotions to me is the worse thing someone can do to an addict.

[@Jacksonstatham-tf8ov]

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

[@MariaHernandez-mb3qz]

Yes he's Dr.benfungi. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I know a guy who has used mushrooms in the same way and they have really helped him. mah dudes have safe trips all.

[@orochi-sama]

Been clean for 8 hard months but then I relapsed. "Nothing's gonna happen with just one fix, right?". Now, I'm battling everyday with myself and I just can't find a path to walk on or someone to hold on to. It's getting hard day by day, all the memories before these past 8 months are pouring back in and it's overwhelming. I promise myself everyday, tomorrow I'll surely leave it all but then again we all know the "tomorrow" never comes. My family still think I'm living clean and I won't be able to bear if they find out again. Tears on your mum's face is the worst sight ever. I just hope one of these days I'll have enough courage to surely leave it all. PS: It's not a publicity stunt and neither I'm asking for any of your involvement, I just wanted to write something, even if it's just a tiny fraction, of I'm bottling up inside.

[@hellgone666]

Hahahah what a fkn løser

[@hellgone666]

If you was gonna quit you would have when you made your mom disappoint hahahaha

[@kalil4362]

you can do this, do not let up, your day will come 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@steph7960]

You had the strength to do it for 8 mths. You can absolutely do it again. Relapse is part of recovery friend. Please stop being so hard on yourself because shame will just hold you back. You re doing fantastic. Just remember your triggers, keep yourself busy and be kind to yourself. Sending you love and wishing you the best.

[@PapaTango1M]

Don't give up.

[@investlogged1066]

This woman deserves a massive pay raise, really good interview.

[@powerfullmind7724]

True…but credits go to the channel only instead..

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and its clear they still receive a cut of their profits now. That trade has always been their cash cow

[@investlogged1066]

@@MS-tc2fs Yes

[@djonenonly8381]

Thats her cousin

[@billgatesfauciouchie1696]

They buy protection from local Mafia

[@fuddshake]

Really hurts to hear someone going from a fire fighter to losing everything ..she sounds friendly and tries to keep a straight face but they are obviously dying inside. And relationships where people both use are very toxic..

[@igk916]

Relationships where just one person uses are toxic. Speaking from experience unfortunately dating somebody with an addiction is nearly impossible. Especially when you yourself are also a recovering addict. I will have Been clean from fentanyl on the 20th for a year n 4 months.

[@ivyvelez2167]

The way they prepare all those crazy chemicals without protecting their hands was shocking. My heart goes out to the addicts

[@HaveCommonSense76]

😂😂😂😂

[@AKAK-rh7lr]

@@HaveCommonSense76gave me a good laugh too, does OP think the top dogs cover their hands?

[@TheSaferHouse]

This is the kind of fearless front-line reporting that made me a VICE fan years ago and keeps me coming back. Very well done, huge thanks and respect to everybody involved in the making of this doc for shedding light on an extremely dark situation.

[@nerdsuper1514]

Too bad they are bunch if sissies now

[@williamyoung9401]

Giving people jobs and opportunity will automatically fight crime. It's a win/win. And it's universal. (21:57)

[@ThaGVPSon]

Why don't they make docs like this anymore?

[@perfectallycromulent]

saying basuco is "cocaine" is like saying hot dogs are "steak." they're not: they're the garbage left over once the cocaine and steak are made. the difference is huge.

[@kathenry1337]

Thank you for explaining the true meaning now I have a better understanding of it

[@rocksteady5209]

One of my childhood friends that I've went through alot with is Colombian. We both started off toking starting off in middle school/ freshman year. Then other drugs came into the mix. Long story short. We ended up getting hooked on dope, along with a few other day one guys. It started to spiral out of control, quick...a few years after. I left the states and went over seas to visit some family for a few years so I can get clean. Haven't touched it since 2012 when I left. My Colombian buddy also left the states to go back so he can sober up. Went well for a few months, but he got consumed again. Really badly this time. Ended up living under some bridge doing dope and Basuco. He told me it was the hardest thing he had to overcome. He got saved by a family member that found him and took him back in. It's crazy seeing a documentary about this stuff. Even the bits of old lady puffing cheap cigars with all sorts of candles lit up with other chemicals in the back ground were spot on. Because his mother and some friends would do the dame exact thing 😅 He's back here now, married, with a kid and a business of his own. I'm back also. Clean, but still battling addiction with blow here n there. It's truly hard when you naturally have an addictive personality. Word of advise. Just stay away. None are good for you. Microdosing clean and reliable psychedelics here n there can be beneficial for you, that's about it. Anyways. Vice has always held it down with their drug documentaries. That would be the only reason I've been watching them for years. For those battling. Keep your head up!

[@LUImusic856]

Pics or I call bullshit

[@danielvalladares3531]

Try to replace it with something else if you like downers weed is okay can't die from it if you prefer to have energy all the time they have sativa weed which does the opposite gives you energy sativa. Or drink coffee when feel you need your fix they even have natural no chemical energy drinks that work better than red bull with no bad side effects the energy is similar to coke without the bad anxiety coke gives

[@andrewortiz5797]

I used to be an addict too, now I'm not. One day I Encountered God and my Life has never been the same. I'm not a Christian or anything or religious.

[@LUImusic856]

@@andrewortiz5797lmao this sounds like that one commercial

[@andrewortiz5797]

@@LUImusic856 are you from Cali cal? Here in California there was a a celebrity rehab called Malibu's passages. They had ads on tv. The only thing thats truthfully about that ad is that we are not addicts (it's a false identity).

[@misswarda78]

This was a 1st class documentary. Well done to the whole team responsible for producing it. Great to have such quality content! 👍☺️

[@indieindie1513]

Vice documentaries are my drug

[@Arthur-Silva]

Word!

[@KuyaI-Gaming]

😁🤟😁😁😁🤟🤟

[@morningstar8187]

This sort of thing makes you realize how futile the war on drugs is. Drugs are just part of who we are as a species. People will find a way to get high no matter what.

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

Yeah because its actually helpfull when used right and can cure alot of mental problems but when abused it can cause mental problems..

[@akashdeep-xc6nc]

Actually way to escape.

[@unknowniam121]

Drugs are just a tool for the Natural Selection.

[@jazztheglass6139]

Singapore has found a way. The penalties are severe

[@maxgagnon8764]

Decriminalization and therapy for drug addicts is what works better for now(Look at Portugal). But at the end, legalization of all drugs and intensive education about it would give an ultimate blow to drugs cartels.

[@mattgonzales774]

that ngo is incredible - going out on the scene, into the streets, holding harm reduction workshops for these people - i highly commend that man for the help he is providing and a judge free space for addicts to learn tools to protect themselves just a little more. it may not seen like much, but solving a problem as huge as that isn't gonna happen in one large swoop. i guarantee that ngo is doing the most help out of anyone in this situation. god bless that man ♡ and god bless all those addicts who are suffering with their addiction and within their lives ♡

[@timc4765]

Harm reduction is a joke

[@highcaliberexclusive9890]

Ngo's and harm reduction ultimately are doing more than the governments. The governments want those people to die off in the slums. Look into needle exchanges and pipe filter programs. And heroin assisted treatment

[@dearhunter7206]

Surely smoking through plastic can't be all roses... probably better than what they are smoking but they are still heating up plastic. 🤔

[@iamcasihart]

Harm reduction is the name of the game! We have got to do better, and I hope of a day when clinics with clean needles and pharmaceutical grade dope are a safe haven for addicts who are active in their addiction(s).

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and it appears they still receive a cut of their profits now

[@AwokenEntertainment]

the fact that witches are so integrated into their business.. 🤯🤯

[@benxcell]

praying to god to kill ppl ironic innit

[@user-iw4xb3lh5r]

I need me one of these Christian, pro drug, pro violence,witches. They seem like such rounded and rationale people!

[@godking4118]

@@user-iw4xb3lh5r 😂🤣🤣

[@mrphucyoo8281]

Wonder if "the witch made me do it" works in court?

[@IAmBattlestrong]

@@godking4118😂😂😂 I’m weak at that comment as well 💀😆

[@sevenmilewhite1407]

I'm 40 n live in Detroit Michigan. 21 years of heroin and fentynl addiction. Before that was crack cocaine and alcohol since age 13. Trauma is what causes addiction. More often than not its sexual abuse from early ages. Much love to anybody struggling just keep trying to quit one day it'll stick for us hopefully.

[@lisaperry5999]

SevenMile I agree as someone who used opiates and benzos 10 years,and a counselor ,it definitely has trauma as the root cause.

[@niara6]

Childhood trauma and abuse causes people to get addicted

[@Lydianon]

Yeah, I was really surprised when I was strung out i learned almost all my friends had the same sorts of trauma in their past that I did. I'd assumed most of the bad things happened to us Because of our using, but one story after another I realized we went downhill After being abused as children, raped, victims of violent assaults, etc. I hate coca even more than heroin. I'd rather go thru terrible withdrawals than the anger and anxiety coca causes any day. It takes your emotions on a hellacious roller coaster ride. You feel like you're just one step away from a permanent psychotic break. F*** that.

[@pontificaterebal677]

Yeah bro. I get it. Clean off opiates with subs. Live in Romeo, and still have hard time keeping away from outer drive and Ryan area. Godspeed. Quite the struggle trying to shake the Girl.

[@pixpusha]

@@niara6 Folks with childhood trauma are amongst the toughest to treat. The trauma is deep and entrenched and if there's substance abuse, it encodes the trauma even deeper. The same brain that saved you as a child and allowed you to survive trauma, learns to expect trauma input and manufactures it when it doesn't get it's dose of trauma. I work in an inpatient psych ward and so many patients suffered childhood physical or sexual abuse. It's incredibly challenging for them to undo the neuronal connections because it's so deeply encoded with their first experience of life. It's like trying to unlearn reading. I know this because it has taken me a life time and lots of therapy to destroy old neuronal connections and form new ones in my brain not associated with self harm, toxicity or abuse. It's a tough row to hoe and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[@andrewvernon4664]

Words cannot describe how much my heart breaks for everybody involved with this situation, specifically the addicts. It doesn't even sound like a fun drug, it's just something that creates an overwhelming compulsion to use again. No one should have to live in the conditions we saw in this video. It's inhumane, and I do hold the governments responsible for not taking better care of their people. I get that it's the drug dealers capitalizing off this government weakness, but if the government in these countries weren't so corrupt and broken, those people would have a much better life.

[@sethsidden]

See that's the thing addiction isn't about it being fun anymore, it may start out that way but eventually your body craves that drug like you crave food. It becomes almost like a primal instinct, speaking from experience I was an addict at a very early age started using when I was maybe 12 or 13, quit cold turkey when I was 20. No rehab, no program no nothing just pure drive and isolation to keep myself clean. Been doing it since 2017, now it's 2022 and I'm still clean. It's not all rainbows and roses but it damn sure beats waking up sick every damn day. I'd never trade sobriety for anything and I urge anyone that's on drugs to please get sober. Not everyone can do it the way I did some people need help and it's okay to ask for it, your no lesser of a human because of an addiction. Get help, get clean, stay clean. Much love to everyone.

[@akkisingh8400]

@@sethsidden brownie points for this guy

[@akkisingh8400]

you definetily are from a country which " takes care of its people", ask your government where that money come from, where, when and for what your country itself or by others did genocide of some native people

[@liamh9485]

They chose to

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and it appears they still receive a cut of their profits now

[@goomaboi]

The guy in the red Diesel shirt is obviously well aware of his situation, those around him and what the society he lives in has turned into post pandemic. Funny how those packaging the drug have the deepest understanding of why this occurs and what is needed to curtail it.

[@kenfresno2125]

What's funny is that this woman didn't condemn that man in any way, but closes the documentary by blaming "the western world" (read: whitey) for this problem. Like somehow a guy in California is forcing them to produce cocaine and this new garbage drug. It's such a joke. Everything in the world is always whitey's fault. Even when brown people are killing other brown people with drugs brown people created.

[@nicolas_sebik]

It’s amazing the incredible insight and self awareness, am pretty sure that he and many others in the business would prefer a real deep government intervention with a social responsibility than putting money in his pocket from his fellow class members. He even admits that he basically has no alternative, pretty wild

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and it appears they still receive a cut of their profits now

[@kenfresno2125]

@@MS-tc2fs I dare you to provide a single drop of evidence to back this up. Stop trying to pin every problem in the world on whitey. I'm sure it's somehow whitey's fault that in 2022 there are still millions of slave in Africa, with black African slave owners.

[@SpaceRanger187]

if drugs were legal all of this would change..could put real criminals in jail

[@lumsdelj]

I volunteered at a harm reduction center (needle exchange) for several years in my twenties. People don't get addiction and judge people harshly. Working with addicted folks, opened my eyes. I treasure those years and the experiences I gleaned from it. I'm so glad to see that at least harm reduction is being delivered. Also that pipe thing looks like a super cool idea.

[@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX]

Thanks 🙏 for helping out on the front lines we need more people like you it sounds unpopular but what they should do is legalize all drugs have you get them from a doctor then go to the pharmacy and get them like a regular drug

[@thediaz07]

@@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX yes.

[@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX]

@Johnny Dangerous It would save so much money in the long run with criminal justice. There wouldn’t be as many overdoses clogging up the hospitals or EMS 911 wouldn’t be called as much we could use some taxes from let’s say recreational cannabis, and put it towards other drug things like this that way it would be free for the person to go to the clinic free at the pharmacy. It wouldn’t cost them a dollar and we would still save money in the long run.

[@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX]

@@thediaz07 RIGHT LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS HAVE THEM COMPLETELY FREE THE ADDICTION SPECIALIST WOULD BE FREE THE COUNSELING WOULD BE FREE NARCAN WOULD BE FREE AT THE PHARMACY IT WOULD BE FREE SO WOULD NEEDLES 💉 COTTON AND WATER

[@ElessarEstel]

@Johnny Dangerous I don't know. I'm pretty libertarian when it comes to legalization. But there are some drugs, namely this, krokodil, and things like that I think should stay illegal.

[@wagherbert]

Excellent work. The opposite of addiction is connection. Helping people connect back into society will make an enormous difference for them. This was a fantastic piece of journalism.

[@phoniexpretty9967]

Agreed 👍 👍

[@imunknown7317]

The opposite of addiction is connection is beautifully said

[@classygary]

Connection is extremely important in the process of recovery but it is not the opposite of addiction ie the opposite of addiction is not being “addicted” . Also it was Gabor Mate who coined that over used misnomer of a platitude.

[@mcsmith732]

We also need decent societies for people to connect with. Addiction to drugs is a symptom, as well as a problem in itself.

[@nokrms]

true

[@veg4life.]

I'm a recovering addict , and the crack in UK London is a same thirty seconds buzz quality, it's been like this for a month now, I tried 5 different dealers, I don't want to smoke anymore, everyone please pray for my recovery, everyone please pray for me

[@brandonm6786]

Everyone pray for you? Why? Fix up.

[@sco1dazza505]

I'm in the uk and the crack here is powerful as hell same as the heroin I feel they are only getting stronger

[@alundavies8402]

May God bless you and keep you

[@veg4life.]

Thank you to everyone

[@alexanderorr2528]

@@veg4life. You got this bro, if you're not even getting a good buzz from it anymore then it's for sure not worth it. When you don't have to scramble around to come up with money or plugs that you can score from it's like a thousand pounds off your shoulders. Waking up and feeling just fine instead of trying to get yourself right for the day.

[@HELLios6]

The homeless girl and guy seem like really nice people caught in terrible circumstances. I feel bad for them.

[@TacoJ1LL]

2 sides to a story.

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[@NopeNotTodaySatan]

If it wasn’t for this channel, I would not know most of the drugs out in the world. Knowledge is POWER!! Thanks Vice!!

[@Fukaka2343]

Now you can try em all!

[@Kentucky81]

Try reading!

[@davey6024]

@@Kentucky81 try basuco

[@isaacgarcia727]

power is power

[@jackandy1736]

@@isaacgarcia727 powder is power

[@kittygoesWOOF]

Jenny and Julian are so sweet. I really hope they stay safe. The NGO [Accion Tecnica Social] is inspiring and I'm super impressed with the cleaner, alternative pipe. Julian is amazing. Same for the reporter. The entire documentary is one of the best I've seen from Vice. I just wish we didn't have a need for them. My heart goes out to everyone, RIP unnamed contact. :/

[@nickacelvn]

Well said Non, Much love friend much love.

[@august88837]

Damm an to think she was a firefighter, how ur country treat u like dat just let u go

[@RJH80]

I agree, they are so sweet and her energy is so nice. I wish I could help them to a better life… given the chance I think they could be successful in anything.

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Monica Villamizar is an amazing journalist. She showed hope in a hopeless situation.

[@kenfresno2125]

And then placed all the blame for this on the "western world". I don't remember anyone from Kansas forcing these people to produce nearly all of the world's cocaine, nor this new drug. The producers and dealers? No condemnation from Monica, but the "western world"? Oh yeah, that's the real cause of this...

[@hyenapack800]

Basuco causes fear, panic, hallucinations, sweat, upset stomach and poor. I can’t really grasp why people would even try knowing what it did to him/her🤔

[@tarabelle7716]

These men are very well spoken about the situation in their country and present the information well. People are quick to judge someones actions without considering the circumstances that may have led them there.

[@jensenlopez2944]

Honestly man, seeing these countries back then, I'd judge them heavily. Now that I have gotten a deep insight into their actual lives, and I'm not talking about some videos I'm talking about actually seeing day to day life, I don't even blame them.

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏 the C I A nurtured the cartels in the 70s/80s and it appears they still receive a cut of their profits now

[@DmitreJO]

Western countries point fingers at people in other countries such as internet fraudsters drug dealers human traffickers and don’t really understand the issues that lead to this problems and how they played a major role in causing them

[@williamyoung9401]

And the West wonders why there's rebellion and revolutions around the world...that woman should be leading a Ladder company; not picking through trash carrying 66 pounds of glass around for less than 80 cents, just to survive...

[@walter9240]

Yeah, save your life by destroying thousands of others

[@philippanilsson4206]

Very well said against the end! "People who are given opportunities tend to not become addicts or criminals" I lived in Colombia for almost a year and my friends were constantly complaining about the government and how their corruption fuels poverty. If the greed of Colombias politicians was effectively viewed as a problem, much less people would suffer.

[@nickacelvn]

Exactly.

[@ivanorozco4274]

Addiction as a societal problem is much more complicated than we think it to be. There are addicts in all countries of the world, from all economic levels. Where the struggle is death or life is when it comes time to get clean. There, the availibity of resources can make a difference, although it's something for each individual to conquer. Rehab is slippery.

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

So maybe they should stop complaining and make an effort to get out. Not easy perhaps, but not impossible. Most people actually like to be a victim & submissive. Regardless of what they say. All you are doing is complaining. You don’t have practical solutions. Useless comment, just virtue-signaling.

[@MorneBeukeshavingfun]

As an ex meth addict its beautiful to see people actually trying to help. No one just wakes up and is like OH YEA I FEEL LIKE DOING DRUGS. There is so much behind it so much damage to your self esteem and emotions. They do it because it removes that pain and those sad thoughts of being ditched and left alone. Yes at the end of the day you say yes or no to it but when something pushes you into the wrong choice its hard to try push back especially when you are at your weakest.

[@Burnthealphabetpeople]

I wake up and feel like that nbs

[@cheshire_skatkat9093]

I do all the time. I woke up and decide I am just gonna smoke a j! Days awesome.

[@MorneBeukeshavingfun]

@@cheshire_skatkat9093 Real drugs not shitty grass.

[@dropped_ram1633]

Give that lame j smoker a glass pipe n she'll see wat ur talking abt I'm fighting those demons demons I tell you dat slowly drag you to hell

[@MorneBeukeshavingfun]

@@dropped_ram1633 You can do it! You can fight them because I believe you can and I believe in you! 👍

[@VICE]

Watch more from our series High Society: New Crystal Meth is Stronger Than Ever - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Smp2BtjLpnh9E

[@josepele8314]

Vice Go to Chapare-Bolivia. Paradaise of the cocaine.

[@alexcas6147]

They forgot to mention that this drug was initially consumed by people from high society and over time due to the consequences it was degraded

[@EmberPines]

Another riveting and brave documentary! Only note...a child can't be a prostitute (sex worker). only a victim of sex trafficking. It is so important when speaking of these things we use the correct language. It does matter, for the value of human life, and the refusal to allow normalization of what are horrifying crimes against humans. Especially those without advocates.

[@emsedgwick9521]

Your Videos are TRASH when it comes to "Drug Awareness and Education." You do know that every Truly Educated individual, knows your "Media" is actually Propoganda, right? Your Channel has been Bought and Sold.

[@buyfrommycorrhizoninstagra2177]

👆👆👆👆 They got the best trip 💊 🍄💉🍄💊

[@ATHFShakeZulah]

I enjoyed watching how happy the couple were for that short time they were acknowledged as people. If only I had a magic wand.

[@khalilahd.]

It’s so sad to see these people literally inhaling trash and toxic chemicals and these gangs profiting off their poverty. Just sad 😔

[@Pllayer064]

Not as sad as me contracting crabs from you 😔

[@KoldAsHell]

@@Pllayer064 wtf lol that came outta nowhere. What's got u mad for? She's speaking truth

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

@@KoldAsHell he not mad he speaking facts 😂

[@jeffreylizak1259]

Do u live in America. It's happening everyday. Atleast their not od from fentanyl where we'll lose another 110000 ppl this yr.

[@constantlylearnandgrow3487]

the addicts also profit. They get high off it on low price.

[@MrTalmaguer]

You guys are brave people for doing such videos. My respects 🙏

[@brianrowland6401]

Vice is the best of all news. The journalists just risk their own lives to bring the best news from the depths of crime. I thank each single member of vice that always bringing great content in their channel always informing us about other countries crimes and many more interesting news. Thank you again Vice!!!

[@gidd]

Not only the journalist but the entire team behind the camera

[@LandonShipman-iDzynes]

agreed... and ​ @gid dy agreed.

[@MrMomoitin]

This is what Vice always used to be before they started being whiney, edgy and virtue signaling snowflakes.

[@nickjacobs9147]

Best Journalist is Andrew Callaghan, then vice.

[@LandonShipman-iDzynes]

@@nickjacobs9147 Vice would be lucky to have Andrew Callaghan!

[@hanZoul8]

Suddenly I realize that my life isn't all that bad... I could be hooked on Basuco and living on the streets of Columbia.

[@joseph1980.]

It's Colombia not Columbia

[@freddyalvarez1355]

It’s Colombia unless your talking about the university.

[@Erik-ui8tr]

It's actually Qulomvia

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

You'd be EL GRINGO BASUQUERO 😅

[@moderndayennui4999]

I'm an addict, grew up poor as hell in a 3rd world south east asian country, but live in the states now. I am also 5 and a half years clean and sober now. As much as I shouldn't judge current addicts, I find myself doing so, especially addicts in the US. There comes a point where you're at a point where YOU have to take action, or you will die. I grew up in a different kind of poverty. A kind that people in the US really have no idea about. Call it tough love, call it picking yourself up by your own bootstraps, no one will save you from your own addiction but yourself. There is no superman.

[@dbycrash]

Money, success, and opportunity have absolutely nothing to do with addiction. Would you believe that once i had achieved what i felt was success in the ability to not have to work, doing whatever i felt was worth my time with the ability to afford it was the catalyst for my drug use? Once I realized that I had everything I had worked to achieve, yet I still felt unfulfilled, the next logical(very illogical) step was drugs in the hope that they would give me a feeling of being complete. I understand how poverty can drive a person to use substances but it is no better a reason than mine. I suppose that my story is just to always have something in your life you are working towards or you will go backwards, sometimes even further than the point you started

[@naeemtull2026]

I don't believe because if you were truly an addict you wouldn't be talking like that, you clearly don't understand addiction

[@jensenlopez2944]

I love this comment so damn much. Congrats brother.

[@dbycrash]

@@jensenlopez2944 which one? The asian who was addicted to yaba or some other psychologically addictive speed derivative(most likely) or the white boy addicted to opiates that are actually physically addictive where the idea of “picking yourself up by your bootstraps” is pretty dumb of an ask when even getting out of bed is near-impossible in withdrawal

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍏🍏That’s incredibly difficult especially because most people have concurrent mental illnesses at the same time, which they absolutely NEED to seek treatment for first.

[@Bv1an]

I am an addict... Thankfully only to Alcohol and nicotine... But also not thankfully... Being aware of who you are is part of life. I cut down my drinking a lot when my best friend died at 46... I lived the same lifestyle as him. I am 42... That was a serious lifechanging moment for me. I feel the main problem is the people who make money making people miserable by producing drugs that make them so dependant on being in a place they would rather be when in my experience, the happiest I have ever been is waking at 6am in Mallorca and going to the sea to swim. OK that is just me, I am not saying these drugs cannot make you feel invincible... But simply swimming in the sea made me think "I like waking up early, I like my morning walks, I am not going to enjoy sitting there all day like a zombie" I like documentaries like this as they not only tell the truth about what I refer to as the Human condition (I've never seen a Lion smoking) but they show the effects that these chemicals can have on life in general... I've seen me with a 4 day hangover... That was just from beer and wine...

[@aryanaleone5433]

Sorry for your loss, drinking is a challenging and a rough one, you are a person Who has a problem w/ alcohol I feel we need to affirm the positive not define the negative , I've lost 5 best friends and a my gf and bf also passed. Being dependent upon any substance or anything besides love, oxygen . Honestly I never understood why ppl like cocaine so much but it is very powerful on a mental level they don't call it the devils dandruff for no reason as well as alcohol was labeled as " spirits" also for a prominent reason as it attaches to Lowe energies and spirits can come into and channel through you when you are under the influence making one more subceptible to lust, desire , glurtoni, violence, etc. You might find yourself or acting like yourself or it's beyond just getting drunk u open your aura up to All kinds of spirits and energies. Eye can only imagine smoking bone and cocaine just add some DMT to it also ;) .... Now that's a crazy combo

[@mattsmokes2505]

Almost 2 years sober from fentanyl and benzos

[@SherlockHolmes-lq8ro]

Proud of you

[@nacanacoo]

really would prefer it if you relapsed.

[@aus-li]

@@SherlockHolmes-lq8ro Proud of you

[@TruthTeller20242]

Proud of you too I got 5 years it gets better!!! It works if you work it!

[@alexcarrano5354]

4 years for me but alcohol. Congratulations

[@userMB1]

Seriously if Vice didn't exist i would never know how destructive drugs can be for the users but also for society in general. Great work

[@nacanacoo]

Not very perceptive are we?

[@theHUMANAUT1]

If you have to watch vice instead of look around you're in a bubble

[@TDOTSE1]

This is one reason why I'd love someone to make a contemporary version of the film "requiem for a dream"

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

Its not the drugs but the mental health of ppl.. if drugs were used for their real purpose of healing the mind then the world would be a much better place..

[@vogelvogeltje]

Legalize drugs and watch how less destructive it is for society.

[@nevasoba5953]

Well , in a world of 1st , that is the 1st time I’ve seen someone bless the pistol that is about to rob and kill. It’s almost surreal.

[@jackgreenlee7223]

Well think of it this way. In every war, there are people praying for the other side as well... I can assure you of this.

[@typeorulz]

Yes. Surreal.

[@DQMYN4T0R]

@@typeorulz cough, cough, cough, crusades, cough!

[@womaninthewave]

I’m an addict in recovery who has struggled immensely with this substance. Please y’all, don’t do cocaine. Just don’t do it. All the dopamine you get just hooks you immediately, even though it’s really not that fun the majority of the time and causes consequences very quickly. It makes you lose your mind so fast. And it’s so addictive that even people that aren’t bad addicts binge on it. You’re gonna feel extreme depression quickly when you stop and then realize that it wasn’t worth it at all.

[@ryangoslin6636]

I recommend you hit up this legit plug they're very reliable ship to any location they've got dmt,lsd,spores,microdose and other psychedelic stuffs..!

[@ryangoslin6636]

trippy_psyche1 ???

[@ryangoslin6636]

They're on Instagram .....!!!

[@womaninthewave]

@@ryangoslin6636 hahahah you missed the “in recovery” part bro

[@ryangoslin6636]

@@womaninthewave Just hit them up asap he'll guide you properly 🙏

[@noobbanger1193]

How can they ask blessings from god to do something evil

[@carlbickle9467]

There is no God...no heaven..religion is a primative mindset,whose sole purpose is to ensure social order,simple as.many of us have moved on from this mindset...

[@Pllayer064]

Well that god is pretty genocidal himself, so he's probably ok with that. After all, Odin primised to end Ice Giants and there aren't any around, so seems like these guys were pretty successful with the blessing.

[@JohnDoe-pd2lh]

Evil is in the eye of the beholder. Morality is subjective.

[@jackgreenlee7223]

Let's try a little mental exercise, that might help you understand, not only how this possible, but how it probably happens more often, than not... Picture this; It's July 21st 1861. The nation is fractured, and in the midst of horrible turmoil. This being the result, of the outbreaks of hostilities, that have taken place, over the past month. As the result, of an attack upon Union Soldiers, at Fort Sumter, by the newly formed Confederacy. A young mother kneels, in a church pew, to pray for God's protection, over her two young boys. Who conscripted, marched with the morning sun, to reinforce a battalion, that's taken serious losses at Bull Run, and is about to be overrun... And although she's but a simple farmers wife, along the Appalachian trail, with little understanding of the goins on, in big cities, she's told by her boys superiors, that this battle is crucial, and most likely, there will be many casualties. Such is the fierceness, of the enemies conviction.. So she prays for their souls, she prays for their safety, and she prays for the chance, to see them come back home... Now this is the mental part. Who is this mother? Or, it could just as well, have been a father. Which one, is irrelevant. Where is she from? The Appalachian trail runs all the way to Maine, and starts in Georgia. So that's undetermined. Is she a supporter of the Union, or the Confederacy? And does that really make a difference, over whether she should, or shouldn't pray for her babies? Or ask the whole congregation to pray for them? It doesn't change the fact that they're still someone's baby's, that they're loved, and are all, children of God... I can assure you, mothers prayed for their sons in Germany, during WW2, on both sides of the conflict. And in nearly every war before, and after it.. It's all just a matter, of shifting your perspective. And understanding, that the devil is in the details...

[@johnnyswimbait423]

These people are doing what they're doing just to survive. That's just how it is there. It's not evil in their eyes

[@fk9424]

I’ve lived in Bogotá and Medellin for 3 years, majority in the capital. A number of events have lead to this mass consumption of bazuco, which is virtually inescapable in many areas of the city: the failed plebiscite for the end of the civil war, mass internal displacement of people as a result of the fragmentation of the FARC fronts, terrible management of reintegration of ex guerrillas and urban planning in Bogotá, then COVID hit leaving about 7 million people jobless and pushed into urban survival, followed by the economy crashing and failed government reforms that sparked mass violent protests that destroyed the city’s main public transit lines (transmilenio), food shortages and lack of mobility for entire neighborhoods. It became too much. People on the margins of such an unequal society like Colombia can only suffer to a certain point. It is heartbreaking given how rich this country is in both human capital and natural resources. Stay humble people.

[@camilosaavedralopez3757]

My dear Colombia, my motherland, it hurts me so much to constantly fear to be on its streets, to see these people sitting on such beautiful land yet rotting on corruption, drugs and blood money. Greed has really fucked us up. 🇨🇴

[@xdefxrowx]

Hopefully, human beings can only be pushed so far without actual reform. Hopefully there's enough people left standing after everything they're going through to make a difference for the rest of the population.

[@OneStepToDeath420]

Great timing. Just ripped my bong, like 1 minute ago, lol.

[@jeffhallinan5055]

I just smoked too cheers

[@ownmaster520]

we all ripped in unison.

[@ehrenloudermilk1053]

Ayyy. Gonna be rad.

[@pipmeyer2238]

Smoking a some powerful weed right now, what's up fellow stoners of the internet

[@apeshitclothing]

😤

[@Indie9999]

Like a wave of fear, you get panic and then an unsettled stomach, then feel like throwing up out of anxiety. This stuff sounds ace.

[@somedude4503]

Almost lost my life to basuco twice. It was the hardest thing to walk away from. Still get cravings today years later.

[@MoralesAlex805]

Glad you overcome it.

[@nationalsocialist5526]

Nice we smoke of the human bones lmao 🤣

[@realeyesbars]

How did you almost lose your life to it?

[@godisgreat8]

Vice been dropping hits lately

[@dennisgriggs2994]

Very good interviewer/presenter Vice! The way she dealt with that couple, Danny and Julian, was great. Zero judgment, and just the simple questions that could be for anybody. Great job. Awareness is the beginning of knowledge with these types of social issues.

[@hallievanoutryve3109]

I agree. That part was really sweet when she asked about their relationship.

[@anthonyl.g1698]

It is the reality of many Latin American countries

[@mile-highdenver4032]

Calling on Jesus and praying in his name for this evil BS is pretty sickening.....

[@uprightape100]

Why? Prayer is ritual begging, pointless and ineffective here in the real world.

[@PG-db9ms]

I mean it doesn't matter. Jesus is just a word like all the rest.

[@risottoyagami4151]

@@PG-db9ms Jesus isn't just a word; he actually existed.

[@risottoyagami4151]

@UCYUDzhAldryORwzgON4Qakw Humans have free will yet we weren't doing anything to stop drugs and crime; stop blaming God for your inaction.

[@profitstags9842]

That old lady's are crazy like them don't you see they high asf. They jus believe it in they heads haha creepy tho

[@sagew1312]

This is the type of VICE stuff I like to see ngl.

[@hessuhoi]

on god

[@Fab1tyChannel]

like old skool vice

[@jkfu247]

Witches and drugs made from trash is the next game of thrones

[@kenfresno2125]

I really enjoyed it until she decided to wrap it up by somehow trying to blame the western world (read: whitey) for drugs entirely produced and sold by brown people. Somehow a family in Kansas is apparently forcing these people to produce cocaine and this garbage drug... I guess... somehow...

[@teddy7746]

Damn getting a gun blessed by a priestess is hardcore lol

[@Newwave12]

I just love the way how Vice just go and get it and bring us back excellent content every single time.

[@bashleyrespectfully4562]

Imagine being so bogged down by poverty you do these things and become delusional enough to "bless" a gun🥺

[@Burglecutter]

I think addiction is a societal problem. We have to constantly and consistently offer people help, and if they fail, we have to try to help them again. Every day they spend in recovery is a day they're not hurting themselves or anyone else and you just have to hope it sticks. Every day is a struggle on planet Earth, I don't know why we glibly pretend otherwise. There's a million aspects of our world that make you want to escape and we need to just acknowledge that fact completely and go forward from there.

[@Si74l0rd]

Sometimes the help is there, but the condescension you face is too much to bear. Even those who are involved in harm reduction are often up their own arses and preachy. As you say, we have to offer the hand again and again, but importantly it has to be done without the air of judgement. Making an addict depressed isn't going to help them quit. I feel an important place for recovered addicts is within the harm reduction realm, because they at least understand in part what someone is going through, and most of them know better than to be judgemental. But for the grace of God any of us could be needing those harm reduction and cessation services.

[@Burglecutter]

@@Si74l0rd I completely agree with you, but much of that shame is actually internal. Like, they could be as nice you as humanly possible, but you will still feel that shame. It's some kind of side effect of using, at least partly.

[@Si74l0rd]

@@Burglecutter Yeah, that's likely the case. Very few people want to still be users.

[@hallievanoutryve3109]

Recovered addicts tend to be the most judgmental in my experience. Either they feel like, ‘I did it, why can’t you?’ Or they use judgment as a shield to protect themselves from falling back into using.

[@Si74l0rd]

@@hallievanoutryve3109 I guess it's a personality type thing then, all the one's I've met have been genuinely supportive, but that's generally been those working in associated fields to harm reduction, hostel staff and such. As such they're generally happy to help others in a service role, judgemental types don't often tend to take those jobs in my experience. You gotta be a bit laid back and chill or you'd go mad dealing with the temporary residents.

[@CptClubs]

Genius about the safe pipe! I pray culture shifts globally to combat the I'll effect of drugs rather than the use. If people were given relationship I feel they'd all be closer to being helped rather than being treated as untouchables. I as an ex addict can say we are all in this because of our backstory - love us don't wish ill on us. 😇

[@shafeeqmhd5055]

Happy to see those who made out of this 😊

[@jamesbranham2217]

My frustration is by now I would think everyone would know the risks.. so don't mess with it and the problem goes away

[@juanfo7307]

If you are an ex addict then you should know that they will end up smoking even the filter after the stash is spent

[@ivankolev104]

Before judging addicts try leaving your phone down in the morning after the alarm goes off and not looking at it until midnight. Every time you think about looking at it is how addicts feel but way more than this.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

I'm sorry, doing the sign of the cross with a revolver is just hilarious!

[@nacanacoo]

They are a silly primitive people

[@profitstags9842]

Creepy asf

[@JohnDoe-pd2lh]

🤷‍♂️ It is what it is.

[@Gunnhild256]

that's Colombia for you.

[@michaelkay8914]

I've never liked meth, coke or anything that wires me out. I used herion for decades but now by God's grace I'm on methadone & I have no desire to use heroin or any other drugs that will cast me back into the maddening. Right now 2yrs without heroin or hard drink. Marijuana occasionally because it helps me rest & sleep. 🌵☦️May Christ God have mercy on us all & save us! Amen☦️🌵

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

I don't know that having a job would help that much. When I was still an active addict, working maintenance at a apt complex, I'd go get my 1st few bags of crack around 830 am, & would smoke throughout the first part of the day, which I could get away with because my boss was an alcoholic & I was the only other employee with the company owners in a different state. But I'd be stopping many times in the day to take a hit. If this drug gives you such a minor buzz AND makes you paranoid & aggressive, I don't think you could maintain any actual job, even like my past situation. That's true for some other drugs as well, like opiates, meth, coke. You can be a high functioning addict, for a good while, but eventually you lose the job, & I did.

[@QF_Flyer]

Opiates are different, that’s why they’re good and bad (the good being there are genuine reasons why people need these) - it’s the stigma associated because of the “opioid crisis” that stops prescribing which causes the problem. People can take opiates all day every day and (unless they get so high they’re falling asleep) can function and get on with life, it’s the withdrawals and time spent sourcing that ruins people’s lives. If they weren’t cut off by their doctors, and either maintained or tapered very gradually, on their own terms, most wouldn’t move on to street dope, and a lot of these are genuine pain patients.

[@elvenleaf5589]

You are paying criminals for this and killing innocent people

[@kelly6801]

Every addict you see in this video all at one point in their life were all innocent little children enjoying life and all it offers. Praying that God will guide and bless them all. 💓

[@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr]

Unfortunately, those users will get desperate, and clean that pipe, ingesting all of those chemicals that have been cleaned out. Poverty is the real issue that needs to be addressed. don't get me wrong. the pipe WILL probably save some lives. that's all you can hope for sometimes, so I think it's a very good thing.

[@nataliesutherland7222]

True, here in Brazil the actual residue in the crack pipe is worth money and considered the strongest high.

[@craiglyles4755]

Nothing like asking Jesus to bless weapons for murder, robbery, and drug rackets.

[@myboysd5772]

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[@andysangels1970]

What he’s good for

[@senoow4215]

Humans are fked up fr 💀💀

[@pixpusha]

14:50 In my eyes, Jenny is a school principle, or a city council woman. She has that spirit about her. I hope she gets help. Her community needs strong women like her.

[@makeshiftvirus6494]

Basuco does not originate from the term “base” as in “base cocaine”. Basuco orginates from the Spanish term “basura” which mean filthy trash or dirty trash

[@DP-ly7tc]

I tried every class A drug when I was an addict, but that drug is wow! Scary, feel for the addicts.We have good recovery programs in Europe, as I know from my own experience, I am well today and have been for a few years now! Let's all say a prayer for all those poor souls, godbless and well done Vice!

[@joseph1980.]

I've also tried every drug under the sun. Had a brilliant time. Smoke basu in Bogota, was disappointed and switched back to the cocaine flake asap. If it was that good they'd be exporting that as well. It's shite

[@MrLenroc82]

Its crack......there is a difference between cocaine cooked with baking soda and cocaine oil cooked with chemicals. The stuff in the 80s is what this is. The "crack" of the 90s and forward are usually cocaine and baking soda.

[@Stephen85]

@@MrLenroc82 that's what I was thinking. This is basically crack, at it isn't that damn hard to stop. It doesn't even make you sick with withdrawal like opiates, it just makes you feel bad when you do it. I can understand binges when someone first tries it, but I never understood how people are "addicted" to stimulates. It's a garbage high and none of them cause euphoria.

[@--YehMahDude]

@@Stephen85 Stimulants acts on the dopamine too, so yes, some do cause euphoria. And low dopamine can cause a lot of stuff, like bad muscle coordination, poor memory, low motivation. Gotta remember, they might also have feelings of impending doom when coming down. I've never tried crack, but I've had amphetamine comedowns, and the paranoia you get from that after staying awake for a while can be intense. Crack and meth addicts also tend to see bugs and such crawling under their skin, but for them they are in a psychosis, they think it's real. A reason why you see some plucking at their skin, convinced of it being something under there. Stimulants aren't my thing either tho, I'd rather smoke a joint or take a bit of ketamine. But the motivation you get from those drugs, and the false grandiosity you feel, I can guess why. Everything has a downside, so even that grandiosity gotta go down, maybe even more than before.

[@Stephen85]

@@--YehMahDude I'm a recovered addict and have done all of these substances, so I'm speaking from experience not just speculating on brain chemistry. My phone causes the same chemicals to be released when I check social media, but it doesn't cause euphoria. As far as seratonin and dopamine levels, that isn't withdrawal. Withdrawal is physical, you puke and have nausea and every muscle in your body hurts. Being sad because you can't take a hit of crack doesn't qualify. Stimulates all have a horrible come down but, that isn't withdrawal. It happens everytime anyone takes the drug, it's just a side effect. Heck coffee does the same thing to me. Opiates/opoids, benzos, and alcohol are what cause physical withdrawals and until you have experienced it you don't know what you are talking about.

[@TheSupergamer250]

Im colombian and Im really worried and ashamed for this situation, I got violently robbed twice this year just for standing in a public park with my gf, they threatened us with shooting us, the showed up knives and guns, that was in Bogota. everithyng starts with the state changing the policies about drugs, if they remain illegal the problem is going to be way worse. I encourage you guys and girls in rich countries to reject cocaine, enjoy weed! enjoy coffe! and avoid helping this ppl that is harming our people a lot

[@visitnactournal_clouds54on39]

Check out the handle on my name above👆. He got shrooms, dmt, lsd, bars, dmt, vapepens,xanax,gummies,lsd, salvia, mdma,ketamines, edibles, etc.and ships swiftly.

[@user-tq7bq3qf3k]

Did Vice seriously distorted the voice of the dude while not hiding his face?

[@WelcomeToCostcoILoveYou]

Or plot twist the drugs made his vocal cords sounds like a voice over haha

[@avalauren4731]

Vice is always doxxing people. They forgot to edit out the house of someone on the run

[@scoon2117]

He has a face mask on genius

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

@@scoon2117 anybody looking for this dude in that area would know its him lmao..

[@SpaceCowboy57]

Everyone already recognizes him. Having the soundbytes distorted means they can't be used as evidence against him in court; he can just deny that it was him speaking and they won't be able to prove otherwise.

[@misakiyoshida]

It's just the paste leftover at the bottom from a production of coke. They use PVC so they'll often inhale that crap as well

[@StoneSoupVideos]

Superbly reported, love the discussion on harm reduction and the emphasis that environmental and cultural factors play a huge role in increasing or decreasing addiction. The complex and sustained trauma this group of ppl endure, over not just years, but decades has created so much internal (self) stigma that even when there is a path out, many feel they don't deserve it because 'addicts are bad people.' The hypervigilance associated with trauma, coupled with substance use to deal with the impact of that trauma, are a recipe for despair, hopelessness, and the need for at least a temporary escape from their reality. We see it here in America constantly too, but our "basuco" is meth. America has an addiction problem that frankly makes this Basuco epidemic look like child's play. Clearly what we've been doing for the past 60+ years has failed miserably and it's past time for a new approach. The Vice Reporter absolutely nailed what that new approach should look like. Thank you for a fair, balanced, informative, and excellently executed investigative report.

[@onurgarip7099]

Best and most underrated channel in youtube ! Amazing documentary and ofcourse amazing series "high society" overall. Keep up the good work guys. We love you...

[@brimmed]

how much do those 'witches' get paid? i can imagine some girl living in super poverty just lying her way into that and then being stuck there forever

[@superultragiggachigga]

I was just thinking that. A lot of times in these type of environments are gang based jobs you’re stuck in it or you’ll get killed. It seems

[@bebe8842]

Always so hard to believe that any actual, real gang or cartel would allow reporters and television to see what they do! This and also how necessary it is for any reporter to just keep a neutral attitude and never express their personal opinions but instead just put your questions and listen!

[@darrenjohnson7857]

They have to advertise the drug

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Krocadil is the worst it causes jungle rot of flesh.

[@bebe8842]

@@darrenjohnson7857could be! 🙃

[@bebe8842]

@@darrenjohnson7857 Krokodil is like the worst substance ever created. It's not cheap cos people pay with their skin and lives faster than with any other drug out there

[@darrenjohnson7857]

@@bebe8842 I saw a documentary ,guy in puerto rico had it on both legs ,you could see the bone on right ankle /a true horror movie

[@beverly8480]

Thanks for the insight, but I'm still confused why Bitcoin and crypto prices keep dropping? This drop follows a number of other significant drops in recent weeks. I still hold enormous value of cryptos and it scares me. Whats your take on this?

[@elizabeth511]

There are many reasons for this drop in value. One of the main reasons is that there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin should be regulated as a security or as a currency.

[@martinez2567]

I would advice you to trade your assets rather than hodl for a future you aren't sure about, only predictions.

[@beverly8480]

@@martinez2567 Well, I've tried but was so confused with the inflation in price, due to the pointers on how to make substantial progress in earnings?

[@martinez2567]

@@beverly8480 If you are not conversant with the markets, I'd advise you to get some kind of advise or assistance from a financial/investing coach. It might sound basic or generic, but getting in touch with an investment broker was how I was able to outperform the market and raise a profit of $2.5M For me, its the most ideal way to jump into the market these days

[@beverly8480]

@@martinez2567 That's sum cool profit. I dream of that

[@lucasbuttalicka4521]

I’m slightly aggravated that the interviewer went ahead and stated that the drug dealers fully blame the government and take no blame for the problem around addiction. The main dealer being interviewed said that they are a part of the problem and they’re too deep to go back. He fully admitted to being part of the problem then the interviewer went ahead and said they place all the blame on the government. Twisted words are a pet peeve of mine.

[@mrphucyoo8281]

Someones gonna do it! Better the cartel than the government,imagine the mess if they did!!

[@futur3gentleman802]

If anyone could provide more information on the Basuco pipe that 'filtered out the harmful elements' it would be appreciated. It appears like it was 3D printed, but I assume that there is some other element that is required to actually provide the 'cleaning' aspect. Wild doc.

[@heidiho5179]

Yes, such information is of great value!

[@John-mf6ky]

There a Pacifista article online with the guy from the video here. It is all in Spanish. My Spanish is pretty bad anymore, but you could translate it though. This guy's design is more about using something that's safe, not filtering the actual basuco. A lot of things people make pipes out of (copper pipes, plastic tubes, PVC, etc) all release harmful chemicals when exposed to a flame, some more harmful than the basuco.

[@aquajuwel7098]

When I watch things like this I’m just so glad that I live in a small, safe and quiet village by a fjord in Norway…..the world is nuts……

[@Si74l0rd]

Part of it is that your doctor's weren't anywhere near as bad as other western countries in pushing high level opiates to the general population. Obviously that's got nothing to do with basuco, but it's relevant to a large percentage of addicts and addictions in the west. From the patient prescribed them becoming an addict, from them selling them or from someone in the family sampling their supply. Not to mention diversion and counterfeiting, and the rise in fentanyl. Interestingly, most small villages in the UK will have a drug problem with class A addicts, being rural here doesn't really offer protection from exposure to class A drugs.

[@High-Alpha]

Sounds nice! I need to move there.

[@paddington1670]

sounds lovely.

[@greenhellrecords979]

There are drug addicts in Norway, too.

[@mischahowell5775]

Addiction on this scale is a social issue and social responsibility. The guy doing harm reduction knows his stuff.

[@torba23]

always amazed how on top Vice is with it's content about drugs

[@subjekt5577]

I think it's a network effect. They proved trustworthy to more socially acceptable drug trade and eventually built up enough cred to get to these more intense productions

[@duckies717]

Those cartel members are worse than demons, it sends a shiver down my spine to know people that evil exists in this world 😖

[@WinkLinkletter]

How about them witches!?

[@berserkerbambi6094]

@@WinkLinkletter Well they are good, respectable christians. This one witch said so.

[@kasvo1199]

@@berserkerbambi6094 no such thing as a good witch or a Christian one. They all work with demons

[@superstar5123]

low level pawns

[@James-po6ib]

it starts at home no family structure just like the blacks they turn to there friends in the streets then all of the sudden they are in some deep stuff with no way out

[@mytuberforyou]

This literally sounds exactly like the "Bansuki" of the late 1980's. That started in SA and made it's way up to NY. That was also the cocaine tailings washed with gasoline- leaded gasoline. It had another name also: "silly putty". Is this a new drug or just one recycled from nearly 25 years ago?

[@kelainefes]

Basuco is not a new thing at all, it has existed for a few decades AFAIK. I'm sure there are many recipes to get a smokable product out of the production leftovers.

[@NAWE7]

in argentina we call it paco and its a problem since the late 90s

[@saramilena.]

the basuco is an old drug

[@spitroastontoast9631]

This is the vice we want and missed. Thanks for bringing the old vice back.

[@Allfivefingers]

Every family knows someone close to them who struggles with addiction....WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT, this affects everyone

[@blazayblazay8888]

BRO THAT DRUG MAKES YOUR VOICE CRAZY

[@TravisMcMurray]

Given any of these devastating life circumstances, I would probably be a user too. These people have been forgotten by society.

[@MM-jn2ny]

I love the idea of the 'Clean Pipe' for harm reduction but the problem I see in that is that majority of the harsh chemicals the Pipe is filtering out are probably the same ones that help boost the high that the drug gives you in the first place. I know that it leaves the cocaine paste behind but the cocaine is most likely only a part of what gives the user the high

[@maxgoldberg3818]

Also those filters don’t actually filter out much, it’s not going to make any real difference. Furthermore smoking out of plastic pipes is very dangerous in itself, you are just burning plastic, that “clean pipe” nonsense is a terrible idea.

[@matthewpitre8159]

I was a crack smoker for maybe about 8 years kind of lost track of time. I can tell you whoever that it does make you hallucinate especially if you've been up for days and haven't eaten when you've been smoking a lot. The thing I hallucinate most about is seeing police cars hearing police sirens and The barking of canines one time I was hanging out in a crack house and I was so high that I thought we were surrounded by police so for some reason I got in the shower with my clothes on pretending I was just a normal person having a shower but I still had my pipe with me and was still trying to smoke even though it was soaking wet God I'm glad I don't do that stuff anymore super expensive as well $10 a hit with the hit only lasts like 10 minutes or 15 minutes usually so if you add that up for a whole day it can get pretty expensive

[@mayalessanu]

Great ur good. Keep shining not a lot makes it out

[@latinpunk92]

Glad you’re clean man! You got this!

[@HerbaLos]

Question. When u took that shower was it your way of getting Clean?

[@Nulak]

You should write a book about daily crack addiction man

[@NomadicMaleClan]

@@HerbaLos too soon lol

[@HOTRODPOKEMON]

God help all in pain 🙏

[@diegof9653]

Love how everybody be smoking toxic but be scared of corona 😂😂😂😂🚀

[@dtiebel9794]

This is terrifying. The worst anxiety of my life has been the morning after a night of cocaine and alcohol. My whole body would freeze up in anticipation of an imminent heart attack but this is levels worse which is hard to comprehend.

[@ronaldlymm7248]

Yea it’s a horrible feeling

[@ROFLitzSaur]

remember: you pay for being scared, for being like this also ive seen and read of many heinous crimes cartels have comitted and always wonder if the people portrayed in these videos are the real deal, why would they give away so much information about their operation? the faces are blurred and the voices distorted, but it will still shed light on the situation

[@vasectomyfail442]

"jesus bless this weapon" "haha we chopped up a dead body and we trick poor people into smoking it"

[@nacanacoo]

They really are a Savage race of people

[@profitstags9842]

That guy that invented that pipe is smart thank you . For trying to help

[@srorrim]

“It was spontaneous without bad intentions “ I love that way to describe what she thought of her partner.