HEROIN
The Best Ever VICE Drug Stories
From investigations into why people in the UK don't use meth to interviews with drug dealers telling us how much they actually make.
What Is a Drug Overdose?
A drug overdose is an umbrella term over an ocean of symptoms, effects and outcomes. Here's what to look for.
Naloxone Man: The IRL Superhero Teaching People How to Reverse Overdoses
Former raver and morph suit enthusiast George Charlton is an “expert by experience” when it comes to drugs and harm reduction.
Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules
Drones are on the rise in the drug world with smugglers using them to shift product across borders, into prisons - and soon to a street near you.
Will Europe Escape America’s Opioid Death Crisis?
A worrying spike in synthetic opioid deaths is hitting Europe. But so far the continent has escaped a US-style death epidemic. Why is this and can it last?
How I Got Addicted to Fentanyl in My 20s
Max was prescribed synthetic opioids at a time when they were considered safe. Seven years later, he's still dealing with the consequences.
The Taliban’s Opium Ban Has Become an Existential Problem for the West
As fears grow Afghanistan’s opium trade is the only barrier to a global opioid death epidemic, experts tell VICE News “there are no good options.”
The Crack House at the End of My Street
At 16 I discovered the secret but un-exclusive members club, unbiased of age, occupation, class and race. Now I'm finally sober.
Surge in Executions As Singapore Clears ‘Backlog’ of Death Row Dealers
Backed by the public, the super-rich city-state is ignoring international outrage to hang more and more low level drug couriers from ethnic minorities.
Australian Prisons Have a Hepatitis C Problem, and Drug Criminalisation is to Blame
Prisons have the highest concentration of hepatitis C in Australia, pushing our aim to eliminate the blood-borne virus by 2030 out of reach.
‘I’ve Lost Everything’: Inside the Hidden World of Britain’s Pakistani Heroin Users
British Pakistani heroin users tell VICE News they've been shunned by their families and are too afraid to get help.