An Australian warship called HMAS Darwin (obviously) has made a heroin bust worth R2,87 billion. Yassis, guys. That’ll do. They nabbed the ton of heroin from a smuggling boat off the coast of Kenya. The 46 sacks of heroin were hidden in amongst bags of cement. Darwin is taking part in the British-led Combined Task […]
Happy Friday. Here’s a surprisingly subtle documentary short from Vice, covering the growth of cannabis in Swaziland. They delve into the socio-economics of the place, and discover that most of the pot in Swaziland is grown by grannies trying to make ends meet. Obviously they get their hands on Swazi Gold while they’re there.
Cops have seized mandrax with a street value of R2 billion in Charlize Theron’s home town. R2 billion is a hell of a haul, so how much are talking in weight?
If you’ve put cocaine up your nose recently, there’s roughly an 80% chance that you’ve ingested a cattle deworming medication that will give you “chemical Aids” if ingested in the right quantities. Oh, and hairspray. Kim Gosner is a chemist specialising in the study of narcotics. Vice caught up with him to find out about […]
Being a Mexican cartel kingpin pays really well. After a decade long manhunt, the elusive Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was detained in Mazatlán, Mexico. Rated as the number one supplier of illegal drugs in the US, he even made the Forbes billionaire list.
Most wanted drug kingpin captured. Murdoch’s new NY pad costs over R600 million. It’s all over for Piers Morgan. Ukraine’s president flees. New smartphone will cost under R300. Sean Parker hardly checks his Facebook messages.
Comedian Russell Brand, a recovering drug addict himself, has put his thoughts on paper regarding the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. In his essay he questions current drug laws, feeling that they may be antiquated and a more modern approach is required for dealing with addiction.
An app called Leafly will help you find the best strains of mary jane out there. Sure to help you tell the difference between Sour Diesel and Pineapple Express.
“I’d like to order a toy.” Would you like fries with your heroine? That’s right, a McDonald’s employee in Pittsburgh was selling heroine over the counter when you asked to order a toy. After ordering, users simply went to the first drive-through window to collect their hard drugs.
The well-worn path of child-star-to-trainwreck has claimed another victim. Pop sensation Justin Bieber has emerged on the business end of puberty with a possible drug addiction, and an arrest for driving under the influence, and – wait for it – drag racing.
Since Colorado legalised recreational marijuana use and distribution a few months ago, dispensaries have been inundated with baby boomers who have finally got what they’ve wanted all along.
What, you think a couple of bankers don’t like to kick back and smoke a doob every now and then? ‘Course they do. They do that, and a whole lot of other stuff.
Billions of dollars in sales. Quick shipments. Ultra-efficient distribution chains. Carefully orchestrated PR. Drone delivery. If you think we’re talking about a major business like Google or Amazon, you’d be wrong.
What you didn’t know when you were watching Breaking Bad was that Walter White actually exists. And for 10 years, his was the best meth you could buy in the state of Alabama. Check out this radical 17 minute documentary over your lunch break. And relax, there aren’t any spoilers. [Source : YouTube]
An ever-thickening plot that began with the shocking revelations of Nigella’s drug habits has taken yet another turn, as the TV chef reveals that former husband, Charles Saatchi, strangled her in a jealous rage.
It seems as if the truth behind the Radovan Krejcir case is slowly beginning to unravel. He appeared along with his three co-accused at a bail hearing in Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Katlehong yesterday, when the state accused Krejcir of involvement in a worldwide drug-ring.
It seems online black markets are going through a precarious time. Sheep, one of the most popular online drug-selling sites, has shut down after an alleged theft of thousands of Bitcoins from the site. Another site, Black Market Reloaded, has temporarily gone offline.
Following on from our earlier story about “Higella” and her drug use, it’s emerged that there was “a culture of secrecy” between Lawson and ex-husband Charles Saatchi.
We all had those moments in school when you went over to your mates place, only to find a crop of marijuana sitting neatly in the back garden. We then might have dismissed those parents as irresponsible, but one man is making the argument for combining parenting and marijuana.
The sentence “I wonder when Mike Tyson will write an autobiography” was definitely never uttered by anyone ever. But despite this, Mike Tyson shocked all when his new work ‘Undisputed Truth’ was published on Tuesday.
Instagram just isn’t the fun, family-friendly service that it used to be. The Facebook-owned platform had some problems a few weeks ago when it was found that users were selling guns via the photo-sharing app. Now though, if you wanted to buy a little bit of drugs to go with your guns, you need not even leave the Instagram app – it’s all there.
Look, it couldn’t have been helped. You’ve had a busy few weeks at work, and you let the Rob Ford drug scandal pass you by. Understandable. But now that it has blown up, your knowledge-gap is becoming a liability in social situations. Get up to speed, fast.
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of River Phoenix’s death – so it seems fitting that Bob Forrest, author of Phoenix’s memoir ‘Running With Monsters’, should come out with a harrowing account of Phoenix’s last night in Hollywood. The book describes Phoenix’s last days as a budding film actor and musician – taking the reader through his final journey to the drug overdose that claimed his life.
Have you ever watched the program ‘Border Security: Australia’? If you have, you’ll know that Australian border-control officials are some of the toughest in the business, taking no kak from no one. However, one unwitting elderly couple managed to slip through the system, after it emerged that their bags had been lined with methamphetamine while they were away in Canada.
This one’s a gem. Officials at a prison in Moldova became a bit suspicious when they noticed a grey and white cat repeatedly entering and exiting the prison fence. You can imagine a pair of bulky slavic officials staring at the video footage over a few weeks, while it slowly dawns on them that this isn’t normal.
Gym-going okes are always trying to push themselves, hey. And the scientists behind the supplements that keep the okes going, are also always trying to push themselves. Now, we all remember the Jack3d controversy, but this one is something else. Recent tests have shown that a popular sports supplement in the U.S. contains meth. That’s right, meth.
The seizure of the hidden Silk Road website and arrest of the founder and head administrator, Ross Ulbricht may have precipitated the arrest of users of the site in Sweden, Britain, and the USA.
Three patrons at Stones in Fourways, Johannesburg, thought they could get away with smoking a sneaky spliff in the toilets. Little did they know Shane Myburgh was on duty that night, and Shane Myburgh doesn’t take kak
Silk Road, AKA the “eBay of drugs,” was a hidden internet site on the Tor network where you could buy drugs and hire hitmen, anonymously, with a simple double-click. The site was operating smoothly for years, turning its owner into a millionaire (and a killer) until he slipped up.
Three Bolivians are in police custody after their classic plane-to-jungle-drug-drop went awry. How did it go awry? The chaps dropping $1 million in mixed denominations to their colleagues below overshot their mark somewhat, simultaneously losing their cash, and alerting local authorities to the presence of gangsters in the jungle. The cash monies were wrapped in a seal […]