Days after taking the drug, users can still suffer from mild exhaustion and Serotonin depletion. ibid.
Criminals will kill for a slice of the love drug market established to be worth more than $65 billion a year. ibid.
Mixing drugs at raves is common. ibid.
Ecstasy is making a comeback. ibid.
So-called hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and Magic Mushrooms emerged from the 1960s hippy counter culture. Drugs Inc s2e4: Hallucinogens
The drugs that supposedly help users start their lives again comes from an Amazon vine: Ayahuasca ... Illegal in the United States, tribes in Peru have used it as a natural medicine for hundreds of years. ibid.
The liquid from the Ayahuasca vine sparks vivid hallucinations. ibid.
Psychedelic drugs were once hailed as a magic bullet treatment for all kinds of psychological illnesses and addictions. ibid.
Another psychedelic drug imported from Gabon, West Africa: Ibogaine. ibid.
Ibogaine is illegal in the United States. ibid.
Magic mushrooms need specific conditions in which to grow. ibid.
Magic mushrooms ... In Dan’s case one dose every two months seems to stop the devastating cluster headaches from coming back. ibid.
Doctors are again investigating the potential benefits of LSD. ibid.
Ketamine: the hallucinogenic drug for the twenty-first century. From India to Western nightclubs Ketamine is sweeping the globe. Some see it as a harmless high, but devastating long term effects are only just emerging. Drugs Inc s2e5: Ketamine
In large doses it produces vivid dream-like hallucinations. ibid.
Street Ketamine comes as a white powder that’s normally snorted. ibid.
An overdose is rarely fatal. ibid.
In the K-hole the user’s mind cuts off from the external world. ibid.
India is the world’s second biggest producer of Ketamine. ibid.
Ketamine was banned in Britain in 2006 but it’s become the new drug of choice for many young Londoners. ibid.
It’s called Pharmageddon. A hidden public health catastrophe caused by America’s addiction to prescription painkillers. Pill popping mums are creating addicts before they are even born. Drugs Inc s2e6: Pill Nation
America is hooked and Britain could be going the same way. ibid.
Dealing in painkillers is a hugely profitable business. ibid.
Oxycodone or Hydrocodone: two opioids synthesised from raw opium. ibid.
Snorting or injecting the crushed up pills triggers a huge release of natural endorphins. ibid.
More Americans are addicted to prescription painkillers than heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine combined. ibid.
The American prescription painkiller epidemic is so widespread addicts and dealers don’t need to go to Mexico to get their fix from dodgy doctors. ibid.
Spurious pain clinics, known as pill mills, are set up to provide painkillers to paying public. ibid.
4Florida’s pill mills feed an epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse across America. ibid.
New kinds of synthetic, potentially deadly drugs are flooding towns and cities around the world. So-called Designed Drugs mimic the effects of cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana. Drugs Inc s2e7: Designer Drugs
The packaging says Baths Salts, Pool Cleaner, Plant Food or Potpourri. The labelling reads, Not for Human Consumption. ibid.
Synthetic party pills were a big hit. ibid.
Designer drugs became an international business. ibid.
Mephedrone was outlawed in Britain in 2010. ibid.
Legal doesn’t always mean safe. ibid.
In the shadow of the Strip there is a fierce battleground where the dealers fight for a share of the Vegas drugs trade. Drugs Inc s3e1: High Stakes Vegas
The Mexican cartels have taken over. ibid.
Up to 25% of Vietnam vets have suffered substance abuse problems. ibid.
West Las Vegas is one of the city’s most drug-ridden neighbourhoods. It’s a hotbed for Vegas’ crack cocaine industry. ibid.
Vegas cops arrest around 30 call girls a day. ibid.
There are over 14,000 homeless in Vegas. ibid.
Alaska is home to the biggest drug problem in America. Its remote location means vast profits for traffickers. On the streets of Anchorage violent gangs fight for control of the drugs trade. But one of the biggest killers in Alaska is illicit alcohol. Drugs Inc s3e2: Alaska Heroin Rush, 2012
Local drug dealers set prices high. ibid.
20,000 people – almost 3% of Alaska's population – are now addicted to opiates. ibid.
Heroin withdrawal symptoms include muscle cramps, nausea and in extreme cases even death. ibid.
Heroin can be smoked, snorted or injected. ibid.
Heroin wraps the user in a blissful state of relaxation. ibid.
Crack smokers can experience a temporary state of full blown paranoid psychosis. ibid.
Since the late ’80s Crack has become a powerful force in Alaska’s urban underworld. ibid.
In 2011 Anchorage police identified over 125 criminal street gangs. Their main source of income is narcotics. ibid.
Powerfully addictive with a short and expensive high, Crack is a drug-dealer's dream. ibid.
Alcohol is ripping native Alaska apart. ibid.
85% of Domestic Violence in Alaska is alcohol-related. ibid.
75% of Alaskans have experienced domestic violence. Rape is 2.5 times above national average. ibid.
60% of homeless people end up on the street because of addiction. ibid.
The majority of drugs are imported. Drugs Inc s3e3: Hawaiian Ice, 2012
Since the early 90s Crystal Methamphetamine or Ice has flooded the Pacific chain of eight islands. ibid.
Mexican drug gangs now control 70% of the US Meth market. ibid.
58.8% of men arrested in Honolulu tested positive for Meth in 2011. ibid.
It’s made a long trip so it can get into my arm. Drugs Inc s3e4: Drug Kings of New York s3e4, 2012, Peter heroin addict
Heroin has been around New York since the early 1900s. ibid.
The evolution of premium drug delivery services. ibid.
Between 2004 and 2008 more than 1,000 people on Long Island died after overdoses of either heroin or prescription opiates. ibid.
You’ll find a multi-layered drug industry that is continuously evolving to meet the city’s high demand. ibid.
New Orleans: it’s also a city of hustlers and dealers full of gangstas and illegal drugs. Drugs Inc s3e5: Hurricane Blow, 2012
A new wave of small independent dealers returned. ibid.
Houston is a key distribution centre for drugs coming from Mexico into the US. ibid.
What’s unique since Katrina is the quantity of heroin now coming into the city ... Dealers make home deliveries. ibid.
Whammy is fake crack cocaine. ibid.
The most unlikely people for dealing – grandmothers. ibid.
Aaron and his team arrested 40 drug dealers that day. ibid.
Montana: known as the Treasure State. This is Big Sky country, and a state awash with Crack. Drugs Inc s3e6: Meth Boom Montana, 2012
Morphine: six milligrams is thirty bucks. ibid.
Long winters, boredom and isolation. ibid.
Drug abuse on the reservations is widespread. The drug of choice is the highly addictive Methamphetamine. ibid.
Using the postman as a drug courier is something that law enforcement wants to stamp out. ibid.
Users often start smoking Meth. But as their tolerance grows the high weakens and that’s when they turn to the needle. ibid.
A steady flow of Methamphetamine from Mexico. ibid.
Hollywood’s streets are neither paved with gold nor safe. Crime is rife. Work is hard to come by. Drugs Inc s3e7: Hollywood High, 2012
Cocaine, Heroin and Methamphetamine come up from the border to this part of LA. Here it is kept in stash-houses. ibid.
The Mexican cartels exert a powerful grip on the drugs scene in Hollywood and LA as a whole. But they have competition. ibid.
The party-set prefer their heroin smoked. ibid.
LA Country has 1,000 [marijuana] dispensaries. ibid.
Total annual homeless in LA County is 200,000. ibid.
Crystal Meth: it’s one of the most addictive substances on the planet. It does more damage to the body than heroin or crack. It’s cheap, it’s easy to make, and it’s everywhere. ibid.
Puerto Rico: the new front line in America’s war on drugs. US Customs spends billions battling drug smugglers. Drugs Inc s3e8: Zombie Island, 2012
The emergence of a new drug that turns its users into sleep-walking zombies is so devastating. ibid.