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They were really good for drugs coverage, and I mean that beyond the "New York Hipster smoking weed 100 times a day" comment someone else made here. Max Daly's

They were really good for drugs coverage, and I mean that beyond the "New York Hipster smoking weed 100 times a day" comment someone else made here. Max Daly's probably the best drug reporter out there, and was the main reason I kept tuned in for so long. Was really the last bastion of their decent content.

sva_ 3y ago
> They were really good for drugs coverage, and I mean that beyond the "New York Hipster smoking weed 100 times a day" comment someone else made here. Really sorry, but this just reminded me of this clip: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7fUQXskvA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7fUQXskvA
sammalloy 3y ago
Didn’t they break the krokodil story in the mid-2010s? That coverage was some of the best footage I’ve ever seen. I think they also did that crazy shoot about the drug that turns people in clubs and bars into zombies in South America and allows the perps to control their victims like puppets. The drug in question also wipes the memory of the victims so they can’t report the crime. That was one of the scariest videos ever made. It really had an impact on me and I think I lost my faith in humanity for about a year after I saw it.
- specproc 3y ago
  I was kinda thinking more along the lines (ahem) of reporting on drug policy and harm reduction, and in challenging shitty tabloid journalism on drugs. Some older examples: - https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppvgw8/is-the-drug-trade-really-bank-rolling-terrorists https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppvgw8/is-the-drug-trade-rea... - https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wm5xq/drug-statistics-uk-drug-deaths-higher-than-ever-narcomania https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wm5xq/drug-statistics-uk-dr... - https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmk4p3/glue-sniffing-epidemic-mdma-ecstasy-deaths-uk-narcomania https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmk4p3/glue-sniffing-epidemi...

sva_ 3y ago

> They were really good for drugs coverage, and I mean that beyond the "New York Hipster smoking weed 100 times a day" comment someone else made here. Really sorry, but this just reminded me of this clip: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7fUQXskvA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7fUQXskvA

sammalloy 3y ago

Didn’t they break the krokodil story in the mid-2010s? That coverage was some of the best footage I’ve ever seen. I think they also did that crazy shoot about the drug that turns people in clubs and bars into zombies in South America and allows the perps to control their victims like puppets. The drug in question also wipes the memory of the victims so they can’t report the crime. That was one of the scariest videos ever made. It really had an impact on me and I think I lost my faith in humanity for about a year after I saw it.

specproc 3y ago
I was kinda thinking more along the lines (ahem) of reporting on drug policy and harm reduction, and in challenging shitty tabloid journalism on drugs. Some older examples: - https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppvgw8/is-the-drug-trade-really-bank-rolling-terrorists https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppvgw8/is-the-drug-trade-rea... - https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wm5xq/drug-statistics-uk-drug-deaths-higher-than-ever-narcomania https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wm5xq/drug-statistics-uk-dr... - https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmk4p3/glue-sniffing-epidemic-mdma-ecstasy-deaths-uk-narcomania https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmk4p3/glue-sniffing-epidemi...