New Orleans, Louisiana, Mardi Gras ... Police are clamping down around the city. But two dealers are going head to head: one selling real drugs, one selling fake. Drugs Inc s6e10: Mardi Gras
‘We’re going to pick 75 kilos of Molly. Pure MDMA. Total tab is $937,000.’ Drugs Inc s6e11: Spring Break
For the spring breakers it’s the ideal party drug. ibid.
Chicago the drug hub of the mid-west. Drugs Inc s6e12: Sin-Dependence Day, 2015
The stick-up crews are watching ... Their favourite target is cocaine dealers. ibid.
Recently switched from selling ecstasy to selling Molly. ibid.
It’s the national holiday ... Rambo’s strategy is to hand out free capsules. ibid.
Over the July 4th weekend 82 people were shot in Chicago. 14 died. ibid.
The Wolves of Wall Street: highfliers who work hard, and sometimes play harder. Across town dealers are cashing in. Drugs Inc s7e1: The Real Wolves of Wall Street
‘The riskiest thing is delivery.’ ibid. dealer
Cocaine is one of the most popular drugs among the wolves of Wall Street. But another home-grown drug prescribed by doctors is taking the street by storm … Adderall is a prescription-only medication … I Adderall pill =$25; 120 pills = $3,000. ibid.
Hip-Hop has exploited its urban roots to create a multi-billion-dollar business. In the process taking advantage of its ties to another industry: drugs. Drugs Inc s7e2: Hip Hop High
Ecstasy has acquired a bad rep among hip-hoppers. ibid.
Syrup = Promethazine & Codeine is an opiate-based cough syrup. ibid.
Shooting pornos … Some porn stars find extreme ways to cope. Drugs Inc s7e3: X Rated High
The Cancun Strip Mexico: Thousands of American college students head to the Strip to enjoy one long beach party. Drugs Inc s7e4: Cancun Spring Break
Guys that work with two major drug gangs that rule the roost: the Sinaloa and the Gulf Cartels. ibid.
Two jails: one in California the other in New Jersey. Both have a policy of cracking down on drugs. But drugs still find a way in. In Cali the inmates’ drug of choice is Meth; in Jersey they go for something deadlier: heroin. Drugs Inc s7e5: Jailhouse Junkies
Bergen County: roughly two-thirds of all incoming inmates are addicts: and the drug of Choice in Bergen County is heroin. ibid.
With an estimated 150,000 users in the Big Apple, cocaine is big business. Drugs Inc s7e6: Big Apple Coke
Welcome to Detroit. There’s one time of year when anarchy rules and the Motor City drug dealers have to make a killing. Drugs Inc s7e7: Detroit Halloween
In 2014 the Pittsburgh Impact Team made over 1,500 arrests. Their aim: to work their way up the supply chain one bust at a time. Drugs Inc s7e8: Pittsburgh Smack
Heroin casualties are piling up. ibid.
They all are the undead: a colony of people living closer to death than life. Walking the earth in search of the next hit. Distorted and devastated in the global scourge known as Drugs Inc. Drugs Inc s7e9: The Living Dead
Puerto Rico: a paradise for some, a prison for others. Drugs slither through the streets here affecting addiction with a venomous bite. ibid.
Across the Atlantic in Tbilisi a very different drug sucks the life of addicts: here, desomorphine, better known as Krokodil, has taken hold. ibid.
There are 700,000 heroin users in the US – double those in 2005. ibid.
81% of first-time heroin users previously abused prescription pills. ibid.
One business continues to thrive – the drug trade. An industry worth over £350 billion dollars. And with it comes chaos and death for junkie and dealer alike. Drugs Inc s7e10: Grim Reaper, 2015
Here the industry’s best work hard for big money. And many use coke to give them an edge. Drugs Inc s7e11: Silicon Valley High
10,000 people work in Silicon Valley’s sex industry. Sex workers have become a key part of the distribution network. ibid.
Cocaine kills 15,000 Americans each year. ibid.
Meth provides even more of an edge in a world of high-pressure deadlines. ibid.
The flow of heroin into Staten Island … Staten Island is home to one of the fastest growing heroin epidemics in the US. Drugs Inc s7e12: Heroin Island New York
30% of Staten Islanders work in blue-collar jobs. ibid.
The young get hooked by raiding their parent’s medicine cabinets. Every five days one person overdoses on Staten Island. ibid.
It’s the holidays, and dealers and users alike are ready to celebrate. From Mardi Gras to Spring Break … Drugs Inc s7e13: Holidaze,
Molly is on the top of the list for the holiday crowd … effects for up to six hours. ibid.
Bunking = Selling Fake Drugs. ibid.
Ghana, West Africa: a new link in an old trade: the global supply of cocaine. This coke’s destination? The world’s second-biggest drug market: Europe. Drugs Inc s7e14: Euro Coke
2003-2013: Coke use in Europe doubled. ibid.
But incarceration doesn’t mean the end of the drug dealer. For some of the hardest cons – the tricks of the trade – this is the business behind bars we call Drugs Inc. Drugs Inc s7e15: Business Behind Bars
Australia – an island nation in the grip of a Crystal-Meth epidemic that triggered a war between ruthless outlaw motorcycle gangs and the cops. But there’s another player fuelling the lucrative meth business – the Triads. Drugs Inc s7e16: Aussie Ice Wars, 2012
Austin, Texas: the live music capital of the world … The dealers can make a killing, if they don’t kill each other first. Drugs Inc s7e17: Tex Meth
Money is selling Meth to the new arrivals. ibid.
90% of Texas Meth is produced and supplied by the neighbouring cartels in Mexico. ibid.
Boston, Massachusetts: home to a bumper crop of stoned students, and marijuana is their drug of choice, thanks to a captive market and recently relaxed possession laws. Drugs Inc s7e18: Boston Weed Party
In 2009 Massachusetts decriminalised possession for small amounts of marijuana. ibid.
Thailand … For some, an elicit playground … An addiction epidemic: a little Meth pill called Yaba. Causes madness and misery. The death penalty hangs over every dealer, but the gangs push on. Drugs Inc s7e19: Bangkok Ice
Drew is a dealer who sells in the wealthy Vancouver suburb of Surrey … ‘The turf wars in Surrey – it’s all about product and territory, and young guys killing each other.’ Drugs Inc s7e20: Shooting Up Suburbia
Gunshots continue to ring out in the Vancouver suburbs. ibid.
Tiny is the first point of call for cartel mules crossing the border east of Lorado. He’s expecting a new shipment to push up the line … The US/Mexico border is ground zero for narcotics heading north. Drugs Inc s7e21: Chasing the High
Cancun: where the party never stops. Where Cartel enforcers operate in the shadows. Drugs Inc s7e22: Cartel Games
The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug trafficking organisation in the world. ibid.
In the drug economy a common way for women to earn money to pay for drugs is through prostitution. Drugs Inc s7e23, Working Girls