@@SickestWorld how VICE is supporting Dems who support open borders that are the root cause of the crisis... they are bought by China, or at least Joe Briben is.
This guy said something really important. Fentanyl wears off really quickly and users think that by increasing the dose, it will last longer. My friend died from an OD because he thought adding more will hold him longer. The threshold for an overdose is really small with Fentanyl. Be Careful!
@@justbehonest66 it's called harm reduction he is 100% doing the right thing by warning people & giving practical advice that is much more likely to be followed than telling people to 'stop doing dope'... if it was that simple 🙄
@@justbehonest66 Dude you have to understand a thing the war on drugs will never end, the best solution is to legalize them and maybe people will stop to use fentanyl, with 1 KG of fentanyl they can make half of a million of ten $ doses, 1 kg is less than 20 K. You can make 5 Millions $ with on the street and it is way easier to smuggle that than 100 KG of Heroin. Last thing the best dope dealer is BIG pharma, that why this war on drugs is just bs legalize them all let junkies buy them paying taxes and with quality control and the world will be a better place.
This is exactly how i got hooked on opiates. My doctor wrote me 120 Percocet 10s every 17 days. I had no idea how hooked i was until it was too late. I lost everything. I got clean in 2018. Been sober ever since. I have my life back too amazingly. I'm one of the lucky ones.
god blessed my friend, let Jesus Christ guide you to a good and new life. Remember, this life do not end here. Read the Holy bible and be careful with this world!
I was having so much suicidal thoughts some years back as a teenage. I suffered severe anxiety and mental disorder years ago. Was actually addicted to meth. Spent my whole life fighting meth addiction. Not until my girlfriend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 3 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES sure of mycologist Predroshrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, addiction. Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
During chemotherapy I became addicted to fentnal and morphine. The fentnal almost killed me I felt my brain dying. I told my Dr. And it was decided to stop me from taking g the drugs. I ended up kicking cold turkey I think there are better way of handling drug withdrawal I don't know. I will say I am grateful that I did kick the drugs and I am clean and sober today, this happened in 2002.
@@pieroo7 yes fentanyl was around 2002 they've made medical grade fentanyl they give you in patches and suckers that's been around since the 90s as far as I know maybe even the 80s.
one of the most amazing part of this to me is is that none of these drugs produced in China end up in the general Chinese population. No one is taking these drugs in china, but it's all made there. I feel like the government turns a blind eye to the factories as long as they're supplying foreign markets and not local markets.
Yes it is too, but they have strict anti-drug use laws. Time for America and other countries to adopt similar laws. We just can't shift the blame on an entire country, I've heard if you're caught drug trafficking there you get death sentence. Many capitalist regimes are failing their people for being too liberal.
Because it isn't fucking made there i promise you most drugs in america dont come from halfway acros the world ya'll chemists produce it themelves Otherwise it would be more used in china Isn't it interesting 99% of comments say they got fentanyl in a hospital The govt aint buying illegal chinese fentanyl they just make it themselves
@@carlito19934 whatever China sales the ingredient to the cartels the cartel makes it The fentanyl heroin and all the cocaine you name it they getting it in here too well what difference does it make
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again again but it’s just so hard to source out of there.
A lot of people have testified about this and I really want to give it a shot. I put so much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
I stopped injecting fentanyl and been clean for over 2 years now. I was doing it because I have very bad chronic pain and couldn't find a doctor to help me because I was "too young" in my early 20's. Have had 6 surgeries in 2 years to take most of my bowels out, didn't know that age would make a difference with all of the adhesion pain I have. The only thing that I could do was to go to a methadone clinic, it sucks but atleast im not sticking a needle in my arm anymore and my pain is mostly under control and I have my life back with the methadone helping my pain and making myself not having to go to the bathroom over 30 times a day.
The therapeutic dose of fentanyl is about the size of a tip of a Toothpick. It's done in micrograms not milligrams fucking with it is Russian roulette. Damn a couple bad THC carts and stoners stayed away from them. This crap y'all are chasing. Fentanyl was developed as a weapon of mass destruction. Smh. And it's working.
I'm so sorry you going through that; i hope you have adequate support for chronic pain because in this country sometimes it seems no one cares and doctors are scared to loose their licenses.... methadone is strong but pretty harsh on your digestive system. I am on suboxone now- but Ill tell you its just as addictive if not MORE addictive than methadone (as it stays in your system for days to weeks,) and it doesn't touch my pain unless i take enough to literally throw up and even then it's not a pain medicine but they trying to make it one. but the pharma companies don't make squat on methadone so thats why they forcing some patients onto suboxone (it costs me up to $200 cash a month) methadone cost $10 a month.
Dude Fentanyl patches are so scary. I had back surgery when I was 15 and my mom gave me half of her patch one day because my pain levels were absurd. For three days I was basically a vegetable. First and last time that's for sure.
@@sydneyconcerts902 Sure it was wrong I'm not denying that. When your son is screaming in pain for weeks on end I'd imagine from a mother's perspective it makes you feel helpless. Also, she's had five surgeries, and this was late 2000's early 2010's when it was way more available. It was a bad choice on her part but it also gave me some insight to just how strong and dangerous the stuff is.
Yep and it's amazing how few in our government want to actually admit to the reality that drugs are but one tool that China is using to destroy us from within,
chinese here， i dont believe what he said about the Shanghai fentanyl factory, this is just beyond crazy. China has one of the strictest drug laws in the world, and the government has the world largest and most advance surveillance system to monitor and control citizens, it is just impossible to have a mini Purdue factory in Shanghai, one of the China most surveillance cities. i do believe there must have some small factory in china that make fentanyl but defiantly not in Shanghai or Wuhan as the guy mentioned. No evidence, so he just basically telling a story, and people actually buying it. Drug laws in china is not a joke, death pennaty for drug dealer is common, Chinese cops will find u and put u in detention center even if ur a user i smoke weed, once i bought a grinder off "Taobao", basically like a Chinese ebay, guess what, 3 days later Chinese cops koncks on my door and wanna drug testing me and accuse me as a weed dealer, i will never forget about that
Heroin and opium in China and all Asia and Europe. Fentenl is bought by the Mexicans and really for the US and Canada Market.. Now the Mexicans are getting into Australia through the biker gangs with fentenl and meth. Very r here of death in Europe among the heroin users.
I was just reading about that & article says even tho China officials claim they do not have drug problems they most certainly do & it's getting worse. Not much more I'd like to see vice do undercover in china but doubt that would happen?
From what I heard from a Chinese friend there are almost no drugs in China. I guess it's because they have very tough laws on drug use (20 years in prison for possessing a single joint) that also include the manufacturers. So drug dealers and manufacturers just don't find it attractive to risk their lives for making drugs. I am from Eastern Europe and it was the same during socialism. You can sometimes accomplish amazing things in dictatorships.
@@nonamenoname2618 Imagine thinking that there was no drug addiction during so called "socialism" or one-party state in all of those countries in eastern europe... lol where are you from???
I live in British Columbia and the opioid crisis is so bad there’s Toxic Drug Posts all over right now and people are getting so used to hearing about young people dying it’s sad.
This is so sad 😔 to hear. China has already launched a silent war against the West by turning our people into living zombies, can't help thinking its all a strategy. Back here in Latin America it has also increased... Sad to say the least our region is used as the route, if only canada and the USA can come together and try to strengthen the security measures here in Latin america, you'd be surprised there are more good cops than bad cops that would bbe willing to work along.
They gave me Fentanyl after a surgery, and I was out of it & nauseous for days after. I can’t imagine being addicted to it, and feeling like that every time I’m not actively using.
If your addicted you don't feel like that. It always gave me a energy boost. Only time I felt like what you said was when I didn't have it. I'm so glad to be clean going on 6 years. I hope I never have to deal with it again but every day is a fight a fight I'm winning as of now.
Seems like the effects vary so much person to person. I'm like you and get overstimulated and overly nauseous from opiates but I have a huge predisposition to liking stimulants (where others don't necessarily). Consider yourself lucky friend
Just stick to licensed dispensaries where it’s legal and dont get to hooked on alcohol or nicotine, is my main mindset as of right now, 22 and have done things..but glad I never got bad into pills, and looks like any type of powder is just dangerous.
@@robbiematthews168 Advice from an X Ecstasy dealer... If you decide to try anything, please never try opioids or benzos bc they're too addicting. Ecstasy on the other hand is the miracle molecule, as long as you control how much you take. Just make sure you test your product and make sure you get 100% pure MDMA 👍👍
It's a good and bad time. Legalization is starting to gain traction and could be promising in the future. But yes, atm it is very risky and my thoughts and prayers go to those who can't legally cultivate their own psychedellics.
Fascinating to see how the issues of money driving political will extend far beyond the US borders. In particular, the fact that high level Chinese government (of course) doesn't want to be seen as supporting illicit drug trade, but as you dive down to the local and provincial levels, corruption is (likely) heavily at play in guaranteeing the continued production of fentanyl and related products.
Imagine thinking the American government isn't responsible for the drug trade in South America and beyond. Literally been documented that the CIA and its operatives have had a hand in it for decades now.
I didn't see any blame being placed, just a journalist exposing the facts about where fentanyl and its precursors are being produced. Are you implying that we'd be better off not knowing the facts? Would we somehow be better equiped to deal with the opioid crisis in that case?
This is literally just like the opium wars when Britain was pumping opium into China and causing huge amounts of damage to the people and economy, yet everyone freaked out about that and said it was wrong. How is this any different and not messed up?
Its funny, in the 1980s I was doing research studies for my company on Fentanyl and I had to account for every mg and was observed by a person the entire time I was doing my work. Never would have believed that it would become so prevalent on the street!
this whole interview is just about two man talking with each other, there is not a single piece of solid evidence in the video. I really couldn't understand that why you just believe them. do you still remember the WMD of Iraq?
Providing patients with adequate pain relief medication is essential to avoid more deaths. The irony is that now people are dying from lack of proper opioid treatments. Take Prince for example, if his pills were prescribed by a doctor instead of a dealer he would still be alive today.
Yep a ton of doctors have their hands tied by government regulations that never see a patient. The problem now is fent and yet the government keeps focusing on prescriptions. I wasn’t for legalization for most drugs however with fent it almost seems better to try going back to what it was a bit.
I broke my jaw in 2019 and didn’t get to an ER for over 2 hours, but I felt no pain that whole time. I didn’t even ask for it and I doubt my parents did, but they ended up giving me IV Fentanyl and I got uncomfortably high, and as soon as it wore off I could feel all the pain of my jaw being in two pieces. Of course I asked for more because now I was in terrible pain but they didn’t give it to me. When I got surgery twice that same school year I was denied pain meds both times so I think maybe they listed me as addiction prone or something because I asked for more.
it may not feel like it because you were in so much pain, but they actually did you a favor by hopefully sparing you of actually getting addicted to fent...
@Gaetano They track addicts in a lot of ways. There has been a national prescription drug registry developed within the last decade to help address the opioid epidemic. It's a computer database that keeps track of everybody's prescription history, and that tells more than people might think. If they see anything such as suboxone or methadone being prescribed then it's pretty obvious, but even a combination of drugs such as clonidine, baclofen, ondansetron, and hydroxyzine being prescribed at once would be a dead giveaway that that person is an opioid addict because it's the exact sort of cocktail that opioid addicts are given in rehab to help them detox more comfortably. It helps with more than just addicts though. Certain drugs could also give someone away as being bipolar, which would be a good thing to know so that doctors avoid prescribing SSRIs and other drugs which could trigger manic episodes. It's just a good standard to have in place. It keeps the honest honest, if you will.
Please get the help you need and be a fighter, always a fighter and never ever give up. All the help you need is out there for you don’t destroy yourself and your loved ones, and fight for yourself you CAN DO THIS!! Good luck and God Bless You.
The illicit fentanyl can be traced 100% to China. Yes, we have social problems but you can’t deny that the Chinese Communists are flooding the US with the most dangerous drug they can make.
You must find out one of the root cause of the problem. Patching problems with a temporary patch will not solve anything. Its like ants problem in a home, find the queen and ants will be gone.
@@domaticgirl, please. if something is illegally smuggled out of the country, the government doesn't get paid any taxes from it. This should be common sense. What, you think they just file their taxes saying "FENTANYL" despite the fact that possession gets them the death penalty there?? Or you really think China's gov sat around in a room like the British parliament, voting to decide how to force another country to take its opium? Mind you, the British invaded, looted, and coloznied Hong Kong when China imposed a ban on British opium traders. This history is why China and so many Asian countries (with Chinese refugees from the opium wars) have such deep scars from drugs that drugs are heavily penalised in their countries. China got 1.4 billion people, some of them are gonna be bad, and they're gonna be shipping illicit supplies to countries to willing, happy buyers with governments who do not give a crap about their people. Yall got nobody to blame for the drug problem in the US except the US gov. They allowed the problem to become this bad without doing anything. Blaming another country, encouraging divisive speech to stop its domestic population from pointing fingers at the gov or holding it accountable in any meaningful way seems to work anyway, so no wonder change never happens.
It’s been obvious that it’s been China for decades but brainless people like you follow the media and blame Mexico where fentanyl isn’t produced it’s brought over from China
These kind of documentaries make it extremely difficult for people with chronic pain to obtain these pain killers. I for example suffer from interstitial cystitis and it is impossible for me to get opioid pain killers prescribed by my doctor because of the demonizing of these drugs by the media.
2 of my best friends got pretty addicted to crack and oxy, and the got crack that was laced with fentynal and overdosed just a couple days apart... They didn't even know each other and got from different people... It's fucking terrible man.
It’s always some country feeding the drug crisis in America but the American govt. itself is stuck with old methods of treating addicts. The govt. has to take more responsibility. This is not political or republican vs democrat matter. It’s for the people.
Also these are not drug cartels, they're regular pharma companies who make all types of legal prescription drugs for domestic use. Majority of their profit is not from gray market precursors. China doesn't regulate fentanyl precursor like the US simply because Chinese people don't abuse these drugs or are always looking newer chemicals to get high off of. That is uniquely a western problem.
@@firstlast8258 it's not about drugs being good or bad...if these company mostly serve the domestic market, and there is no drug problem in China and their way of dealing with it is with harsh penalty like death or long prison sentences, what incentive is there for the gov to increase regulations. Why should they think about how foreigner are using these chemicals? You can turn most chemicals into drugs if there is a will. Look at the types of drugs Russians are using
Our government isn't "Allowing" these drugs into the country. Its like playing wack-a-mole with 10's of thousands of Chinese criminals smuggling drugs in every imaginable way and then some. China helps control their end depending on their frame of mind towards the US. In other words they use this as a tool to get their way. If you drop a tarrif or don't complain about our Confucius institutes we can do more. Hundreds of thousands of Americans die from the drugs china could easily stop flowing out of their country. Seems to me they are the biggest Cartel of them all. They always speak about taking down the country from within if you listen to chinas professor's & pundits talk about America..Its very disturbing. The US can't control the all the smuggling because the trade volume is so large there aren't enough DEA people to police all the incoming ships. That's just one reason.
don't forget the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
unless you want to live in a pre-1800 world, you need to enable international trade of legal goods the way it is. At that, there is no way to control even 10% of all imports, especially not in the ports. So no, there is no government willingly letting these illegal or controlled substances into the country. It just has no way of stopping it.
If only America had it's own chemists that could make the drugs in the US, so that way they could do quality control and ensure that the product wasn't going to kill people. That sounds like it would be a nice way of protecting your own citizens. People aren't going to stop taking drugs, and people aren't going to stop selling drugs. So the best approach is to ensure that the drugs are bought and sold, are at least safe to their consumers!
Jeremiah, this is exactly what we're debating here in Canada. As you can guess, though, the conservatives are opposed to anything that would 'enable' drug users.
@Amy Beaver it will only be important if it causes a large number of Americans who currently obsess over drug seizures at the border to listen to what me and others are trying to tell the public. That the amount seized is a drop in the bucket. The heroin supply is fully supplanted by fentanyl and now xylazine, due to our drug policy pushing prices (and thus profits) into the stratosphere. And the deaths keep coming, day in, day out, and will continue. They don't have to, I promise you. There's not a perfect solution, but we can do so very much better. It's too late for a lot of people, including many close to me. I don't want others to die, and I don't wish that grief on anyone. But I'm truly sad that I don't expect any meaningful change within my lifetime. Maybe I can help drive the stigma down slightly, because that is IMHO the biggest obstacle. Do you know why so many addicts and others who want help desperately don't seek it out voluntarily? Because they, for instance, don't want to go to a clinic that is entirely profit-driven, that's based on a punitive system, that does not treat people with dignity. And don't take my word for it. Check to see what their lobbyists have done to ensure that no legislation passes that would allow an opioid user to see their doctor directly and get medication that works for them. Like you can. Ask them why they use racemic methadone instead of the useful isomer (it's cheaper). But I'll tell you what that does over the course of many years (one thing anyway, something I have personal experience of): it disrupts calcium ion transport in the gums, and will make one's teeth fall out, and in a very bad, very painful, and very self-image destroying way. They'll likely point to the sugar in the formulation, or junkies' terrible hygiene. But they'd be lying. It took me quite a while before I was able to talk to one of the older physicians that's works in the clinic program about that. But he did eventually tell me that he hadn't seen such problems, not nearly as severe, before regulations on generic medications were relaxed and they switched to racemic. You can talk to your doctor about what sort of medication works for you. I can’t. Take it or leave it. And keep paying that bill in cash out of one pocket and we’ll grab that sweet ACA cash out of the other, as long as we file the proper paperwork of x number of drug tests per year per patient. Never mind that the place fills up with people, half have COVID and don’t bother with masks, and they’ll take as long as they need to get the paperwork done because they’re a business, and the goal is to make money, not to worry about that trash in the waiting room, even though some are supposed to be at work now. Screw them. I could go on. There’s plenty more I’ve written in just this thread if you care to read it. Read on if you’d like to know what it’s like to have to grind down an exposed root canal post with a mirror and a power tool because the decay is so severe that everything crumbled away at once. So not only does one get to experience the pain of a dental abscess, but has to act in desperation because there’s no dentist to go to now, and that post will otherwise tear your lower lip off. I’m not angry at you personally. I’m angry, that’s true. There are plenty of monsters in these comments who like to mock drug addicts. What I will ask you to do is take a moment and ask yourself seriously: Am I OK with this?
exactly, the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
there's plenty of homeless young people out there hooked on opioids that were toddlers when the oxy prescriptions were notoriously high. their opioid addiction has nothing to do with previous legal prescriptions.
From DEA website: "Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery. Under the supervision of a licensed medical professional, fentanyl has a legitimate medical use.". So according to US law, Fentanyl is a controlled drug, not an illegal drug.
Thank you for being one of the few intelligent comments here. Fentanyl and other opiates enable many people with severe chronic pain to live comfortably, work, provide for their families, and keep a roof over their heads.
I think people realize the difference between regulated fent patches and injections (although those can easily be abused as well so should be handled very carefully), and fent cooked up in Chinese labs and distributed by cartels. Even legal fent though, is something that should be taken incredibly seriously by doctors and patients.
@@PlaySA It IS taken seriously by those who have a medical necesity. Patronizing people doesn't stop addiction or ODs. Stirring up hysteria doesn't stop addiction nor ODs.
It becomes illegal once the controlled drug is outside the supervision of a practicing pharmacist/doctor, in which black markets for the drug do exist.
Absolutely. The Chinese don't forget. They spend more than a century planning and waiting for a good moment to defeat the Xiongnu once and for all, 2000 years ago. They know how to make long term plans, truly long term, whereas western politicians are only planning for a few years at most, because then they lost their presidency anyways and who cares what happens afterwards
don't forget the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
Amazing how they never mention the doctors who abruptly cut patients off which causes them to hit the streets. Start charging doctors for cutting patients off just like they do if they prescribe too many and this crisis will end.
But with the borders the people coming over here building the buildings apartment some of them is in with the cocktails bring all that poison over here profiting
Ben is a super chill dude. I got to hangout with him when his book was first released and he signed my book with "Here's hoping for two lines on your fent strips"
The problem too with Fent, is that because it wears off so quickly. You need to use more times a day, where a heroin user would use maybe 2 times max a day and they don't need to re-dose. Also if you were using any weaker opiates, like Heroin. You would basically not get high off of it anymore because Fentanyl would make your tolerance increase by x50. So sad, as a Heroin user, in a country where we get clean Heroin, its sad to see how badly its effected the US and Canada! Apparently if you've made it through the flooding of the market in the US and Canada in the last 8 years, you are maybe 2/10 that survived the wave :( I promise you would be surprised how many people have used and how it can be a far less dangerous drug if the government are the ones controlling it, not just the production but instead of saying "NO TO DRUGS" teach kids about Narcan and about the drugs they're most likely to come in contact with in their teenage years, it being socially unacceptable makes people do it discreetly and in such a dangerous way! Being informed about what your going to use takes the chance of a OD and many other problems that people have to take... Because lets be honest, people are always going to be curious and some people are always going to try it at some point in their life... So why not be safe!
I remember being addicted to xanax for the longest and a part still is but ever since fentanyl it is almost impossible to get anything not laced on the street. I personally dont like the way these fakes make you feel but it seems everyone else is still taking these, feel bad for all the teens thinking they are taking something legit
@@servantofAllah027 first off my apologies if I misspell anything. I don’t think Allah would have a problem with some of this stuff. After all the Sufi mystics consume hashish and it also must be considered. That if people are going to indulge in one substance it should at least be a prosocial one. Furthermore if you are to ban every substance that alters your mind. If that is what you think the intent was in the Quran. Why have tobacco and coffee been tolerated. And why are they use so heavily. It is obvious that there are some substances that alter the mind. That allah probably doesn’t care about.
Never done fentanyl or any hard drugs. It’s interesting to hear that we have “watered” down cocaine here in the states, and that many people are just unaware so they’re content with the high they get. I wonder what the differences are and if active users can distinguish between the two. Interesting video. Thanks for staying on top, Vice!
I've had cocaine from all over South America, I've even done acetone washes on my coke to make it almost 100% pure. The stuff I can get now is expensive but it is really, really good. This is in the bay area of CA. So yeah, some people may not know, but if you know, you know.
I've had trauma dealing with OD patients. An addict(w/ multiple drug usage) was brought to the ER. I went to get samples for blood testing. Was about to approach when he suddenly got up, pulled his IV needle and began stabbing the nurses and me. One got critical, others got minor injuries and me stabbed 3x in the gut. Then later finding out that there will be no compensation and I have to pay half of my hospital bills. I quit that day.
Sounds like either stimulant psychosis, or the medics gave too much naloxone and pissed him off. I've had similar experiences. They'll throw you right under the bus in favor of a patient/client. And why in the hell didn't they search him? That needle should NEVER have made it into the ED on his person. Healthcare sucks, I would never want to work in that field again unless I had no choice
It's all fentanyl analogues in Los Angeles. They even sell fake black tar heroin made to look, feel, and smell like black tar, but it's not real heroin. I don't think there are any real opioids left. This is how absurd and terrifying it has become...
That's fucked man. Not that black tar is something good for you but at least it was relatively safe and you could know for sure that it wouldn't up and kill your ass.
It's strange because in Europe we still have heroin and no real problems with ice. Makes you wonder if its not preplanned, in Europe we have government run prison nobody is getting rich from people being locked up?
Clearly China has no interest in cutting down on drugs that harm the US and Canada. That's why we need to work with Mexico in order to patrol Trans-Pacific trade for these drug precursors and prevent them from reaching the shores of North America in the first place. We solve two issues at once, it weakens the Mexican cartels significantly and it reduces the amount of drugs coming into the US.
@Roger McMillan At least then it would become more expensive. And likely even then better regulated, because US Drug enforcement is one of the best in the world. Now, the issue shifts to punishing exporters, distributors, and producers of drugs in a harsh manner to further discourage people from getting into this.
The current state of affairs in America reveals a concerning pattern of decline that seems to be slipping under the radar of public awareness. The staggering rise in opioid-related deaths, reaching an alarming 100,000 per year, serves as a grim indicator of a nation grappling with a deep-rooted drug crisis. As a ripple effect, the homelessness crisis continues to escalate, with the drug problem serving as a catalyst for individuals finding themselves without stable homes. This growing issue, which was once unimaginable just a few years ago, is now becoming an unsettling norm that demands attention. Equally unsettling is the erosion of societal values and the breakdown of law and order. Instances of brazen crime, where individuals unabashedly seize whatever they desire, highlight a sense of lawlessness that is increasingly taking hold. The erosion of parental authority over their children's health and well-being within the education system adds another layer of concern, as schools take it upon themselves to make life-altering decisions for young minds. Moreover, the politicization of the justice system is raising eyebrows and deepening the decline. The attempt to hinder the political opposition by levying multiple charges and attempting to bar them from running for office indicates a distortion of democratic principles that were once upheld with fervor. In essence, this amalgamation of issues paints a picture of a nation in decline, one that is facing significant challenges across various fronts. The disconcerting aspect is that, had this scenario unfolded merely a few years ago, the collective outcry would likely have been resounding. However, the current state of affairs appears to be met with a degree of complacency or perhaps even a lack of realization. Addressing these concerns and reversing this trajectory of decline will necessitate a collective recognition of the issues at hand and a concerted effort to prioritize solutions. It requires rekindling a sense of unity, holding institutions accountable, and upholding the principles that have historically been the foundation of America's strength and resilience.
No. The drug is killing experimental drug users. Drug addicts have high tolerance. Experimental drug users are being poisoned. China is doing this purposely
Man I'm glad I cleaned my act up. I never shot anything or stuff like that, but I was definitely taking too many pills (I wrecked my back lifting weights about 7 years ago). I was definitely not as bad as some, but it was becoming a problem so I just decided to quit altogether. I'm glad I did because it's really getting crazy out here. I feel a million times better even with my back pain staying the same (Actually getting worse by the day.) I even quit drinking. I feel much better now.
@Ciello ___ oh I actually stay very active and still frequent the gym, I just mind the spine. Nothing like squats r anything that puts downward pressure on my spine like that. But I can sneeze wrong and can't tie my shoes for 3 days. Holy hell LoLz
@@lunaticgaming7967 Yikes, but same here. Went cold turkey after being on Narco 10’s for 4 years due to slipped discs causing pressure on nerves in my back. It sucks when I move the wrong way (and it doesn’t take much) and have pain for days afterwards. But I’ll never go back to the pills. So glad I never got into Oxy or Fentanyl!
I had fentanyl for a biopsy and it knocked me out, but I don't remember feeling good or different. I awoke as if nothing happened. If they'd OD me, I never would have known.
Had to do it for an ambulance ride (am allergic to regular opioids) and it did exactly nothing for my pain, and I wasn't impaired by it at all. The hospital mistakenly thought I was a drug addict and delayed my surgery, suing them right now.
The fety in the hospital isn’t the same . Street fety is diff that hospital grade fety . The nurses also would never od u bc again it’s Medi-Cal grade fety
So taking away pain pills from those of us in chronic never ending pain didn't stop addicts dying or cut down on "opioid" use....as i said from the beginning. Only got pain pills after NOTHING else worked, worked with my doc to pick a dose(lower than he originally offered) decades ago(yep i was hit by a car doing 65mph and have been disabled since, add to it decades of working two hard physical jobs and the only thing keeping me out of the wheelchair full time is one more tiny injury/wrong place muscle spasms and my complete stubbornness over it)and finally picked one that worked for me. I used to cook three meals a day from scratch(yep baked bread everyday, had a full garden every year), donate time to the local food bank and you know mostly live my life as long as i didn't try to overdo it, hard to do when you are used to doing it all all of your life like myself. Now i live in my bed. I am in so much pain i have a full time carer who lives with me. They help me up to use the bathroom. They make my meals, go shopping , pay my bills for me etc.etc.etc. Haven't seen most of my friends anymore, don't go anywhere, and the pain is never ending. No it's not something that Tylenol can alleviate. My docs office got some awful racist staff, they used to read medical histories out of patients files to each other out loud in the reception area of the docs office. Yes that is not only wrong but ILLEGAL according to HIPPA rules, they should have been fired and maybe prosecuted. And by reading it i mean "oohhhh look that old man is never gonna walk right again ahhahahahah" the old man in question burst into tears and left. Then they had the phone game, they played with all patients.. Never heard of it? Yeah me neither until then(lived around the world in "second tier nations") never saw such bullshit in my life. Call the docs office and ask to speak to the nurse, they put you on hold...for lets say 10 minutes(it's a tiny clinic in a tiny town there are 6 of them whose only job is to answer phones and in person i have seen them ignore the phones completely). Then they will answer then hold the phone away form their mouths, drop it or simple hang up. Pretending the landline phones were losing signal??? Yeah they were evil but literally dumb as dirt. They did it to me and any other patients they felt like playing games with ??? Then they brag to each other in a language i speak/understand. The last straw was when i went to check in for an appointment and the one checking me in says to the other while smiling at me "oh look it's the poor disabled one, did you see all those injuries "......continue commenting on my life/physical health as i sign in. So tired of their crap i tell them ' you know other people speak and understand what you are saying, just because i don't look like you doesn't mean i don't know what you are saying.' They look shocked to say the least. That is the day i filed a formal complaint against them. Fired, you think. Nope. They got to get paid to go to a "be a decent human being " two day "class". Then they came for me. It's about 3-4 months later time to refill my "fill it every three months because it's way cheaper that way" opioid scrip. Make appointment, tell them what for and i can smell the evil coming off of her through the phone. Why i took them...........For a couple years i got bottles of the tylenol 3 w/codiene the bottles were industrial size and i was afraid of taking so many pills for so little relief. When my doc finally put me on 3 count em 3 small dosage time released morphine every 24 hours it worked without leaving me drug stupid and i never was addicted to them. How do i know that? Well after the crap with the staff members(see next paragraph) they made me come in to refill my scrip, i thought as usual, pee in a cup, count the ones i have left if doc wants(doc stopped doing that about 15 years ago because if anything i under take them as i cannot afford the scrip all the time) doc asks if i have anything new to tell them, then i get script then i leave, fill scrip, go home. Nope. It was game time and no one told me we were playing. After going to the docs office, having to deal with here horrible staff, get weighed, poked and prodded as they do, i am just done(have C-PTSD etc. and for some reason(years of surgeries/therapies/etc.etc.etc. might be why, maybe?)hate going to docs offices of any kind. So they send in one of the "phone game" ringleaders(they were training the new girl how to mess with patients, the day i was there) and she magically doesn't speak english anymore, she knows i speak her home language so she now speaks with a heavy accent of a third language i do not understand but it's obvious she is up to something, she is quite proud of it and it will be harmful to me in some fashion. I thought she was going to physically attack me, i wish she would have at least then i could have gotten a few punches to her evil mug. So she told me" heavy accent , you have to sign this paper or you won't get your meds"....'um ok aren't i supposed to do this with the doc, like every other time(thinking this is another "pain contract", doc office so out of it they FORGOT to get me to sign one for about 15 years, again not taking these for fun they are literally the only thing that relieves a good bit of my pain, allowing me to function)' i reply. She starts again"you have to sign this paper, right here" she points to a marked line, by this time i am having an anxiety attack(yeah don't know why people think you are scared during one, for me it makes my hyper rage stressed and i will do whatever i have to do to get out of that place/space/situation, my doc knows this as seemingly do all the staff who read my medical file for fun) and will do pretty much what ever i have to do to get out of there. I sign what she tells me. For all i know i just signed a mortgage and bought her a house. I wait for the doc who NEVER comes back and sends another one of her employees to tell me "well since you signed that you won't get any more pain pills" 'um what are you talking about, where is the doc?' They send me home and say doc will call me. I get home, spend a few days calming down and call them. Then they tell me "oh we got a new office manager(not a doctor, not a pain specialist, not even anyone who ever looked at me or my medical history/injuries) and they decided we aren't going to give anyone pain pills anymore". Wow. Yes that is how it happened. To this day i never get a straight answer, suffer daily and at this point the best i can hope for is the stress of living in never ending pain is going to cause a stroke/heart attack and with the garbage health care i have either or would mean my death. But the junkies can get pills/fentynal, and numerous other deadly illegal drugs .............this is what i worked all my life/tried my best to always do the right thing/etc.etc.etc. Oh and the new manager.....she was so "on her game" that she hired a pedophile to work in a health clinic for families.......he was only found out because his computer got looked at at work and it was full of child porn..........yep.
I have kidney disease and get kidney stones constantly. Now instead of actually getting pills that can control the pain, doctors tell me to take tylenol or aspirin. Literally the most painful thing you can experience and they refuse to actually give someone with a valid medical need the pills that could help because they think we are supplying the junkies or something.
Druggies are going through a sickness the exact same way you are wether it be physical or mental so to say you are being stripped of medication or frowned upon for something you need and druggies don't is a little ignorant. Druggies feel like they need that drug just like you need yours only they have to deal with street pharmacists or "drug dealers" I understand that you are going through a lot but it doesn't mean you should talk down to what you call druggies that get their medication off the street. The only difference between you and what you call a "druggie is you deal with actual doctors and pharmacist for your drugs. Still in perspective they look at you like a druggie but one that does it the legal way. What point are you trying to prove? I know many people who live regular lives, go to work. Have chronic pain and can't afford to get prescription medication or have mental addictions and are just trying to live their lives just as you are. So what point is it exactly that you are trying to prove besides your dislike possibly hatred for the pharmacist that take care of and "look down" on you? I don't see a big contrast between you and many other people who get their medication wether for pain or for addiction off the street.
@@RiceHatSamurai No, they are paying for their choice. That's not really a medical condition. Their choice is what is stripping us of the ability to get the medications that the medical profession recommend because politicians have decided to lump those people with medical need as being the same as street junkies, even though they actually take theirs as directed instead of every chance they get.
I feel nothing but sympathy for your condition. I hope you get rid of this predicament as sooner possible. Remember one thing,if it's not a happy ending,then it means the story has not ended yet.
And the left pushed the lockdowns increasing isolation and mental health epidemic. And the president who's letting the traffickers in, and its not just drug traffickers.
That stuff is killing someone I know every week in VA right now! It's awful. You can't even buy normal oxycodone or morphine around here BC everything is pressed and full of fentanyl. It's wild 🤯
You can't even get a pill around my way anymore? It's too dangerous. Most people I know who have died, thought they were doing a couple roxy30s or something and ended up taking pure fentanyl.
And Vancouver is filled with addicts, I was surprised last year when I visited Chinatown, it used to be such a colorful place, now it's filled with safe injection posts and addicts everywhere
Why is US and Canada the only two countries with this problem? Is it the cold weather? Is it the lifestyle? Is it the lack of quality people? What is it? Or a combination of a few issues?
You know this might sound crazy to some but I truly believe that In order to help this massive issue; we should provide at least Some option for people to get some form of pain relief because if we had legal options then we could impact people seeking out uncontrollable black market options. Plus whether we like to admit it or not, people struggle and life is difficult and it's understandable for people to wish there was a mild acceptable option to use sometimes "Other than Alcohol" currently we run our society and only allow for alcohol as people's options to decompress a bit. If we just slightly adjusted that I think we could improve the situation a lot. It's just right now people have no real option to help with aches and pains of life and Drs toss antidepressants at people or gabapentin and they think they are helping but it's clearly not helping so I think we need to find a new way to approach this a view this. The more we can keep people staying in the controlled regulated substance's the better way we can keep them away from black market dangerous unknown quality options. Plus it could be a tax revenue option for States instead of feeding illegal black market options. So why not just think about it?
I like this idea. But I worry about cost. The black market price would go below this market price and it would be the same issue over again…. We need to make healthcare more accessible and pay teachers/therapist/healthcare workers more…. Then we can see a change in the need for drugs decrease. People do drugs to survive their daily life. If they had other ways that were free or inexpensive to access there would be less people needing drugs. Think about the nice studies that show that a healthy community of mice don’t want cocaine or opiates but isolated mice turn to them to cope. We are the same. The amount of support is > the need for drugs to cope. Idk. This country is so angry and sad and messed up. We need real healing for this to stop. And a decrease in opiate prescription if not needed. We need people who support our youth and sick to be appreciated more.
There is allready a great solution to this- Kratom. A mild, effective, enjoyable, and very safe natural plant derived opioid. I’ve been using it for 10 years and it’s done a wonderful job of keeping me clean from other things while not badly affecting my life or health in any way. Unfortunately, a number of states have banned it or are trying to ban it, because of widespread misinformation on what it is.
@@hanbanan0 seems alot of homeless are into it can't really blame them it must suck.getting back is a hard road especially when rents are massive +inflation tough times
...like how Codeine is used and has been used in every country outside of the United States since the very early days of drug regulation? Low-strength Codeine tablets, especially when coupled with Paracetamol (increases analgesia and checks excessive usage) are common worldwide . In many of the places that sell these Codeine products OTC, MD's are only going to write for stronger options like Morphine for extreme cases and its effective.
This is what's proven to be the only intelligent policy for basically all substances moving forward. Regulate and tax, and then you take part of the profits and put that into diversion and recovery programs for those who need them. You will never stop people from doing these things. But you can control, regulate, educate and make things as safe as possible.
I've had patches in the past but I stopped using them as I had loads of side effects. I've tried countless meds over the years, but the only once that have ever helped is Longtec, Shortec and Pregabalin to help with my chronic pain and phantom pain.
You can get pretty much anything you want in China. The emperor is far away & the mountains are very high. Most suppliers won’t care about any ethics for several reasons. As long as you have money to buy.
The problem is not that China is manufacturing fentanyl, the problem is that the United States and Canada are using and as long as there is a demand there will be a way.
Ya same here. The west caused an entire century of humiliation in China, one of the oldest civilisations on the world. They are taking their revenge now
Yeah it's not a nice thought that your drug pusher wants revenge for a 180 year old grievance. And that they believe a close by country belongs to them thanks to pirate law. Yargh! So no to drugs kids!
@@robbiegrant1449 it may have started 180 years ago but China only really started recovering at all in the 50s and only really started recovering in the 90s. It's not called the century of humiliation for nothing. And more than that, there has been no word of apology, no act of reparation or any indication that the west regrets pushing drugs on China partially through the opium wars. There can be no forgiveness.
Nobody is forcing people to buy and use drugs, the fact that they have extra money to waste on drugs means their life is relatively easy still. I'm tired of drug addicts acting as if someone shoved drugs down their throats..
They weren't complaining about that. It's like putting rat poison in your cigarettes. Yes cigarettes are bad, but there's no need to make them intentionally more deadly. Uncut MDMA can be unsafe if used incorrectly, but it's much safer than the media would have you believe.
I don’t know what the Chinese government is doing or not. But I’m looking at some of the comments and I think people really need to look at the history of the relationship between China and West and heroin. I’m not saying it justifies it but they’re just following how they were shown to behave.
2:01 that’s what sucks the most. In middle school when we were watching channel one in the 90s is why I thought I wanted to try ecstasy. They should be fun looking raves party culture. I thought I would enjoy etc. Without the glorification through the Coca-Cola contract known as channel one to public schools I would never have had the drive towards drugs. It just really sucks that all drugs are bastardized in the same light, but MDMA ketamine even heroin are absolutely nothing compared to what we’re dealing with now. It’s not just “throw whatever we’ve got in there they don’t know“ it is strategic plan premeditated. Just as with Covid , every single person who dies from this or has their lives ruined, have nothing but the CCP to blame. This is the agenda of the communist party of china. Pooh bear is responsible. He has blood on his hands for what he is promoting the export of. This is not a leader. This is a bond villain we are dealing with.
Every time there is a new law made against these drugs they just make the next version of the drug and continue business as usual… The problem with that is each time that happens the drug gets a lot stronger and a lot more addictive. Which of course causes more death and addiction… DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS SO THAT WE CAN START TO FIX THIS SH!T SHOW!
If they had real mdma and ketamine these days I doubt there would be so many adulterants. Nothing beats the real deal. He’ll let us grow poppies here in the states like Australia. Imagine a major supply shut down that not only shuts down our food, supply and special needs good, but also drugs like this, you would see it on the streets people throwing up and freaking out. At least you were here in Asheville, North Carolina.
Poppies are incredible full spectrum pain relief. They actually used to be easy to get around here, but not anymore. Even though they are way safer, cheaper, etc.
Yeah I'd agree with you there ,Since the American debt money that was ment to be paid back to China was stopped by Obama the Chinese are being paid back thru the deal they made with the Mexican cartels ,while destroying America & their economy, I have a friend who lives in Mexico & he told me a few years back that the Chinese gov actually made a deal with the Mexican gov & cartels to flood America with fenta & tranq ,I used to be a heroin addict for over 20 years & I've managed to get clean coming on 5 years this may ,I live in the UK & we do not have a problem with fentanyl here ,that's why I think & what I was told is true about the Chinese gov destroying America with the help from the cartels & mex/gov ,It's one way to get back at someone who hasn't paid the America World debt while killing thousands. ..
All of the debates and proposed solutions to the Fentanyl flooding into the US, has neglected to say the problem is truly all about the fact that America is addicted to getting high, feeling good or better about their surroundings and situation. Addicted to wanting to escape their problems, make them go away temporarily. It is what drives the drug cartels to ship more in volume and potency. If we as a nation straightened up, and got sober, we could solve a lot more problems than this one. No one can make anything better by putting off facing their problems without being sober and in control of their thoughts. and what comes out of their mouth. #soberissmarter
Back when Spice, bath salts, plant food etc were popular in shops we referred to the actual substances as Research Chemicals. They have a tendency to be MUCH stronger than the substance they're mimicking/substituting for and some of them are difficult to use without the risk of addiction for that exact reason. Fentanyl is dangerous but it's not really the problem, it's just a symptom of a much larger issue.
the larger issue of course being capitalism, individualism, and rampant wealth inequality in the west. collectivist societies like China are much better off, people feel higher levels of societal obligation whereas the west everyones out for themselves only, a hedonistic shithole like brave new world
Yeah now people call all that stuff Molly in NY and tons of people are on it ...synthetic meth and meth plus fentynal are destroying the country its crazy
Interesting, if China has such massive drug production and extremely low regulation, why aren't so many people in China addicted to fentanyl? There must be a bigger market and lower prices for fentanyl in China compared to the US. Would Mexico still be deep in the drug war without the US, the world's largest drug market, as a neighbour?
Opioid addiction is a problem almost unique to the United States and largely absent from other countries. Generally speaking, as long as there is a relatively standardized use of analgesic drugs and the country has basic governance capabilities, it is impossible for such drugs to spread. No matter what the disease is, prescribing a bottle of painkillers is basically something that only happens in the United States.
He selectively chose information to support his preconceived views, which is why the conclusion about "lax regulation on drug production" contradicts the fact of China's lower drug problem. They want to blame China, of course, while ignoring some obvious facts: China has a much lower drug use rate than the United States, thanks to its stricter drug control measures, which are not limited to drug users alone. In fact, there are very heavy penalties for drug production and trafficking in China. However, when China sentences drug traffickers to death, Western media comes forward to accuse China of lacking humanity and abusing the death penalty. This video fails to provide more specific evidence and data to prove that most of the fentanyl comes from China and also intentionally downplays some facts: fentanyl can be legally produced and used as an anesthetic, and fentanyl wouldn't flow into the United States without the assistance of American drug trafficking groups. Fentanyl production is not difficult, so there's no reason it should be exclusively produced in China. Even if we assume that China does indeed produce most of the fentanyl, Americans should be more concerned about why their own drug control system can't curb its popularity, instead of shifting all the blame to other countries just to save face.
My GP prescribed Fentynal patches to help me cope with historic lower back pain. The pain was reduced after taking Fentynal, however my mind took over where pain left off and I started to experience depression and stopped taking the Fentynal and felt emotionally improved. Six months latter after the back pain has worsened and I'm back to the beginning again and booked a Dr appointment for latter this week and see if some other wonder drug has been released that I can take for pain management. I'm hoping that after thirty five years of this medical malaise including two surgical procedures I may just catch a break this time around.
I'm a recovered heroin addict, 6 years, and I also have a bad back. I used to be prescribed pain killers for my severe back pain. I was on 300mg of morphine a day. Once I got off the pills, my heroin habit grew much worse to compensate for no more morphine. I've had 3 surgeries, epidurals, you name it, I've done it and I am in constant pain. Pain killers aren't an option for me. Smoking weed helps somewhat but I'm gonna start doing PT to hopefully help alleviate this pain so I can be more mobile. If you can avoid opioids, please do. Or, ask your doctor about a pain medication pump that can be implanted in your back to pump pain medication directly to that area so it doesn't have to course thru your system. Try that and PT, it could be very beneficial and you won't end up with a habit or depressed. Good luck to you, I know what you're going thru.
That's a rather oversimplistic take. People will always use drugs because there are folks who will always want to escape their surroundings. Whether it's college kids who want to get high and party or somebody in chronic pain simply looking for a few moments of relief, which can slowly turn into addiction.
@@bweb6 Coming from one whose dealt with addiction many years ago. More recently, the past 15 years dealing with chronic pain. Back then due to bias I went to the street buying authentic pain pills to survive until I found a doctor. Knowing today there are natural alternatives for pain and how tainted the street drugs are I wouldn't buy anything from the streets these days. Therefore, I stand by my original comment.
The reason fentanyl is being cut into all these other drugs is because of its addictiveness. Its hard to quit a drug when it makes you so physically sick.
@@Onionbaron the profit comes from the people who get physically sick when they try to stop taking whatever the substance is. Opiate withdrawals are some of the most gnarly things your body can go through. It is literal hell. By adding fent into other popular drugs, the people who are buying and doing what they think is just coke are actually receiving coke with fent mixed in. Say someone goes on a 3 day binge with said "coke".... When that bag is empty, the person would not only have to go through the regular coke comedown, but now they are feeling a whole new level of awful in addition to that. That right there is that person's body exhibiting opiate withdrawal symptoms because that 3day binge is pretty close to how quickly the human body can become *dependent* on something like opiates. Please be aware that addiction and dependence are not one and the same. But anyway, the pain from opiate withdrawals (although it wouldn't be too terrible at all after only 3 days) is what drives the customers back to the dealer, driving more profit for them.
@@itsuhme-meeee4775 And the producers don't give a f*** about anything than their profit... IRA had a custom to shoot one kneecap as the first, and only warning for people misbehaving... Keep fighting!
@@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 For most of my life I have had this latin quote in my mind: "Qui Bono?" Who benefits? And maybe now we should add, Why??? So maybe it now would read: "Qui Bono, Quare?"
2:00 big man is correct and knows his history(you had to be a drug user to understand like him) when the mdma dried up and the RCs hit the GAME WAS OVER FOR EVERRRR. Not once did it go back to pure drugs, he only way now is online
Yeah I remember this I went to raves prior to 2011 when I joined the army and when I got back for a break in 2012 and a ton of people I knew had od'd for fentenyl in MDma but I also remmebr them mixing in m1 and methadrome if I'm right it was bad
I can still get pure MDMA. But tablets are done for, even with sharing information such as pill reports, there are just too many copies and you are taking your life in your hands taking something you don't 100% know what it is. Drug test strips are crucial.
Am I the only one that can see that you are claiming doing work that you did not do? This is a really important and interesting piece, but the original video was taken from somewhere and you broke it in pieces to add some questions, as if you were doing the interview live. Also, showing yourself nodding does not mean they are actually talking to you. It is really clear that you created questions that align marginally with the next topic that will be mentioned. This is not only a war on drugs, but a war on integrity. Don't claim doing something you did not do... VICENews this is really disappointing . Very well done Ben Westhoff. Very insightful
WATCH NEXT: US Anti-Drug Partner in Mexico Worked for the Sinaloa Cartel - ua-cam.com/video/6BIRNr4rq8A/v-deo.html
and the weapons of war that the cartels have are MADE IN USA
should rename this "how democrats are profiting from the drug crisis in America"
Shut up.
@@MrLaloapatzingan😊😊😅
@@SickestWorld how VICE is supporting Dems who support open borders that are the root cause of the crisis... they are bought by China, or at least Joe Briben is.
This guy said something really important. Fentanyl wears off really quickly and users think that by increasing the dose, it will last longer. My friend died from an OD because he thought adding more will hold him longer. The threshold for an overdose is really small with Fentanyl. Be Careful!
First of all, RIP to your friend. But how did you know that was what your friend intended to do? Did he appear in your dream?
It is too strong to be used recreationally do not use it! Go buy an ounce of good medical pot and vape it!
Your friend overdoses and you tell everybody else to be careful instead of stop doing dope
@@justbehonest66 it's called harm reduction he is 100% doing the right thing by warning people & giving practical advice that is much more likely to be followed than telling people to 'stop doing dope'... if it was that simple 🙄
@@justbehonest66 Dude you have to understand a thing the war on drugs will never end, the best solution is to legalize them and maybe people will stop to use fentanyl, with 1 KG of fentanyl they can make half of a million of ten $ doses, 1 kg is less than 20 K. You can make 5 Millions $ with on the street and it is way easier to smuggle that than 100 KG of Heroin. Last thing the best dope dealer is BIG pharma, that why this war on drugs is just bs legalize them all let junkies buy them paying taxes and with quality control and the world will be a better place.
Let's all take a minute to congratulate Drugs, on winning the war on drugs!
Celebration 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾
Are you joking ? Lol
Was funded by the flbi
Just copy and paste this to every vice video and you'll get top comment
@@jaybreezyy8407 ah yes the flbi
This is exactly how i got hooked on opiates. My doctor wrote me 120 Percocet 10s every 17 days. I had no idea how hooked i was until it was too late. I lost everything. I got clean in 2018. Been sober ever since. I have my life back too amazingly. I'm one of the lucky ones.
Should sue your doctor tbh.
@@tundravarg3525 it's in the works now actually
nah he should recommend him to me@@tundravarg3525
god blessed my friend, let Jesus Christ guide you to a good and new life. Remember, this life do not end here. Read the Holy bible and be careful with this world!
@@Mentoresstop making it about your god
I was having so much suicidal thoughts some years back as a teenage. I suffered severe anxiety and mental disorder years ago. Was actually addicted to meth. Spent my whole life fighting meth addiction. Not until my girlfriend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 3 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES sure of mycologist Predroshrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, addiction. Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
Where do I reach this dude? If possible can I find him on Google
During chemotherapy I became addicted to fentnal and morphine. The fentnal almost killed me I felt my brain dying. I told my Dr. And it was decided to stop me from taking g the drugs. I ended up kicking cold turkey I think there are better way of handling drug withdrawal I don't know. I will say I am grateful that I did kick the drugs and I am clean and sober today, this happened in 2002.
Did the opioid help the chemo sickness or no just wondering.
Was there already fentanyl in 2002?
@@pieroo7 yes fentanyl was around 2002 they've made medical grade fentanyl they give you in patches and suckers that's been around since the 90s as far as I know maybe even the 80s.
God bless bro u got this without the bullshit drugs! Have a great day bro
@@gavinmoody5678 ah ok thank! And why is it popular now?
Man! there's so much more to this! I so wish the second part of this interview/colab was made available!
one of the most amazing part of this to me is is that none of these drugs produced in China end up in the general Chinese population. No one is taking these drugs in china, but it's all made there. I feel like the government turns a blind eye to the factories as long as they're supplying foreign markets and not local markets.
Yes it is too, but they have strict anti-drug use laws. Time for America and other countries to adopt similar laws. We just can't shift the blame on an entire country, I've heard if you're caught drug trafficking there you get death sentence. Many capitalist regimes are failing their people for being too liberal.
@@DarlyaFaroeste lol no. gl with that. i'm a legal clean supply kinda guy. i'm not killing people for getting high bro. wtf.
Don't forget about the cartels in Mexico they are working with China it's all about the money a drug is a drug
Because it isn't fucking made there i promise you most drugs in america dont come from halfway acros the world ya'll chemists produce it themelves
Otherwise it would be more used in china
Isn't it interesting 99% of comments say they got fentanyl in a hospital
The govt aint buying illegal chinese fentanyl they just make it themselves
@@carlito19934 whatever China sales the ingredient to the cartels the cartel makes it The fentanyl heroin and all the cocaine you name it they getting it in here too well what difference does it make
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings.
This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again again but it’s just so hard to source out of there.
Yes, bergwilly11_
A lot of people have testified about this and I really want to give it a shot. I put so much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
@@Armus187Is he on instagram?
I stopped injecting fentanyl and been clean for over 2 years now. I was doing it because I have very bad chronic pain and couldn't find a doctor to help me because I was "too young" in my early 20's. Have had 6 surgeries in 2 years to take most of my bowels out, didn't know that age would make a difference with all of the adhesion pain I have. The only thing that I could do was to go to a methadone clinic, it sucks but atleast im not sticking a needle in my arm anymore and my pain is mostly under control and I have my life back with the methadone helping my pain and making myself not having to go to the bathroom over 30 times a day.
Kratom is an amazing leaf. Do some research.
The therapeutic dose of fentanyl is about the size of a tip of a Toothpick. It's done in micrograms not milligrams fucking with it is Russian roulette. Damn a couple bad THC carts and stoners stayed away from them. This crap y'all are chasing. Fentanyl was developed as a weapon of mass destruction. Smh. And it's working.
What are these replies oh my god. Congrats on being 2years clean 💪💖
I'm so sorry you going through that; i hope you have adequate support for chronic pain because in this country sometimes it seems no one cares and doctors are scared to loose their licenses.... methadone is strong but pretty harsh on your digestive system. I am on suboxone now- but Ill tell you its just as addictive if not MORE addictive than methadone (as it stays in your system for days to weeks,) and it doesn't touch my pain unless i take enough to literally throw up and even then it's not a pain medicine but they trying to make it one. but the pharma companies don't make squat on methadone so thats why they forcing some patients onto suboxone (it costs me up to $200 cash a month) methadone cost $10 a month.
@@judgmentday2867 where u @?
Dude Fentanyl patches are so scary. I had back surgery when I was 15 and my mom gave me half of her patch one day because my pain levels were absurd. For three days I was basically a vegetable. First and last time that's for sure.
you legit just said your mum drugged you at 15 years old what a trash human she was wtf she on Fentanyl for
I agree, they are too strong. I declined the patches when they were offered to me after I'd seen what they can do.
@@sydneyconcerts902 Sure it was wrong I'm not denying that. When your son is screaming in pain for weeks on end I'd imagine from a mother's perspective it makes you feel helpless. Also, she's had five surgeries, and this was late 2000's early 2010's when it was way more available. It was a bad choice on her part but it also gave me some insight to just how strong and dangerous the stuff is.
@@childofanu7215 guessing anu is the trash mum?
@@childofanu7215 Hi, i wanna know more about your case.
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting"
Well said!
Yep and it's amazing how few in our government want to actually admit to the reality that drugs are but one tool that China is using to destroy us from within,
payback for the opium wars for sure. and i cant say the west doesnt deserve it.
Facs
China has first hand experience in what it's like having your population addicted to drugs (opium) and being useless.
chinese here， i dont believe what he said about the Shanghai fentanyl factory, this is just beyond crazy. China has one of the strictest drug laws in the world, and the government has the world largest and most advance surveillance system to monitor and control citizens, it is just impossible to have a mini Purdue factory in Shanghai, one of the China most surveillance cities. i do believe there must have some small factory in china that make fentanyl but defiantly not in Shanghai or Wuhan as the guy mentioned. No evidence, so he just basically telling a story, and people actually buying it.
Drug laws in china is not a joke, death pennaty for drug dealer is common, Chinese cops will find u and put u in detention center even if ur a user
i smoke weed, once i bought a grinder off "Taobao", basically like a Chinese ebay, guess what, 3 days later Chinese cops koncks on my door and wanna drug testing me and accuse me as a weed dealer, i will never forget about that
I would be interested to see Vice explore addiction in China, as a result of local production and low regulation.
Heroin and opium in China and all Asia and Europe. Fentenl is bought by the Mexicans and really for the US and Canada Market.. Now the Mexicans are getting into Australia through the biker gangs with fentenl and meth. Very r here of death in Europe among the heroin users.
I was just reading about that & article says even tho China officials claim they do not have drug problems they most certainly do & it's getting worse. Not much more I'd like to see vice do undercover in china but doubt that would happen?
From what I heard from a Chinese friend there are almost no drugs in China. I guess it's because they have very tough laws on drug use (20 years in prison for possessing a single joint) that also include the manufacturers. So drug dealers and manufacturers just don't find it attractive to risk their lives for making drugs. I am from Eastern Europe and it was the same during socialism. You can sometimes accomplish amazing things in dictatorships.
funny that u think they would let their own citizens use poison instead of profiting off our demise... china is ASS HOE
@@nonamenoname2618 Imagine thinking that there was no drug addiction during so called "socialism" or one-party state in all of those countries in eastern europe... lol where are you from???
I live in British Columbia and the opioid crisis is so bad there’s Toxic Drug Posts all over right now and people are getting so used to hearing about young people dying it’s sad.
same here, it’s scary to see
That's what the great reset is about... Drugs and covid vaccines
This is so sad 😔 to hear. China has already launched a silent war against the West by turning our people into living zombies, can't help thinking its all a strategy. Back here in Latin America it has also increased... Sad to say the least our region is used as the route, if only canada and the USA can come together and try to strengthen the security measures here in Latin america, you'd be surprised there are more good cops than bad cops that would bbe willing to work along.
@@DarlyaFaroeste that’s pretty ironic, because we’re told all the supplies comes from China.
What is a Toxic Drug Post?
They learned this one from the British
lmao true
funny how karma works
The Brits basically taught the serfs to read on this one
The Opium War. Chapter 3: "The tables are turned."
Not really, the CIA and FBI are doing it still. China is a convenient scapegoat.
Uno reverse
This needs more likes 😂😂😂
When was chapter 2? I'll wait...
@@buckalvinpossumweight6252 There were two opium wars with Britain against China. Do a little research...
4 years clean and sober, after almost losing it ALL to opioids.
God bless you
Good for you and wishing you continued success!
Shouldn’t have been on it in the first place
Same man 18 months sober thank god
@@djstickysheets2315 you’re bitter
They gave me Fentanyl after a surgery, and I was out of it & nauseous for days after. I can’t imagine being addicted to it, and feeling like that every time I’m not actively using.
If your addicted you don't feel like that. It always gave me a energy boost. Only time I felt like what you said was when I didn't have it. I'm so glad to be clean going on 6 years. I hope I never have to deal with it again but every day is a fight a fight I'm winning as of now.
Seems like the effects vary so much person to person. I'm like you and get overstimulated and overly nauseous from opiates but I have a huge predisposition to liking stimulants (where others don't necessarily). Consider yourself lucky friend
He’s not lieing, it’s a tuff time to be kid and doing pills or drugs. They will never know what the good times was. May god help us all.
Just stick to licensed dispensaries where it’s legal and dont get to hooked on alcohol or nicotine, is my main mindset as of right now, 22 and have done things..but glad I never got bad into pills, and looks like any type of powder is just dangerous.
@@robbiematthews168 Advice from an X Ecstasy dealer... If you decide to try anything, please never try opioids or benzos bc they're too addicting. Ecstasy on the other hand is the miracle molecule, as long as you control how much you take. Just make sure you test your product and make sure you get 100% pure MDMA 👍👍
@@robbiematthews168 anything powder or pill is just dangerous. Getting it from a unknown stranger or friend is not worth it.
It's a good and bad time. Legalization is starting to gain traction and could be promising in the future. But yes, atm it is very risky and my thoughts and prayers go to those who can't legally cultivate their own psychedellics.
@Metacashica and Pennytera RCs have been found in cannabis too
Thanks for the awesome documentary, as always Vice.
Fascinating to see how the issues of money driving political will extend far beyond the US borders. In particular, the fact that high level Chinese government (of course) doesn't want to be seen as supporting illicit drug trade, but as you dive down to the local and provincial levels, corruption is (likely) heavily at play in guaranteeing the continued production of fentanyl and related products.
American government doesn’t want to be seen participating in it neither
Imagine thinking the American government isn't responsible for the drug trade in South America and beyond. Literally been documented that the CIA and its operatives have had a hand in it for decades now.
@@BigA678 Beat me to it. Great opening comment as well.
Fascinating how the Degenerate White male..CREATED all of this.
Very fascinating to see this news outlet finally covering something meaningful, a little too late but it is what it is.
Jeez please stop blaming china,Russia,Mexico,India,Brazil,Venezuela,Cuba,isarel,Africa etc for the problems of USA
I didn't see any blame being placed, just a journalist exposing the facts about where fentanyl and its precursors are being produced. Are you implying that we'd be better off not knowing the facts? Would we somehow be better equiped to deal with the opioid crisis in that case?
@@EricBurbeck it's literally in the title "How China Is Fuelling America's Drug Epidemic"
This is literally just like the opium wars when Britain was pumping opium into China and causing huge amounts of damage to the people and economy, yet everyone freaked out about that and said it was wrong. How is this any different and not messed up?
GHYNA!
Its weird how much it bothers you a journalist reporting on something. Thats actually happening. Just because its china?
Its funny, in the 1980s I was doing research studies for my company on Fentanyl and I had to account for every mg and was observed by a person the entire time I was doing my work. Never would have believed that it would become so prevalent on the street!
There are ways around it, a dope fein will unfortunately find a way to con you.
and yet the war on drugs is still a thing, the government will never admit how much of a failure it is
if you dont mind me asking, how strict were the procedure guidelines?
Surgeon well it has its use in medical procedures like its intended purpose
That's actually interesting. you did research on fentanyl for a pharmaceutical company, I presume?
Vice : "how did you find the source of fentnyl?"
Guy: "i googled it"
We need more people talking about this
the fact that americans cannot take responsibility for anything?
@@jamesmitch9792 the ones that don't outrank the ones they do. America isn't the only one with this problem
@JackTastickk I try, but substantive discussion that requires more than thinking: this==good, this==evil doesn't appeal to many Americans.
this whole interview is just about two man talking with each other, there is not a single piece of solid evidence in the video. I really couldn't understand that why you just believe them. do you still remember the WMD of Iraq?
Providing patients with adequate pain relief medication is essential to avoid more deaths. The irony is that now people are dying from lack of proper opioid treatments. Take Prince for example, if his pills were prescribed by a doctor instead of a dealer he would still be alive today.
the big government kills
Yep a ton of doctors have their hands tied by government regulations that never see a patient. The problem now is fent and yet the government keeps focusing on prescriptions. I wasn’t for legalization for most drugs however with fent it almost seems better to try going back to what it was a bit.
Prince was pill head. Had multiple pill prescriptions under different names and doctors. .
I broke my jaw in 2019 and didn’t get to an ER for over 2 hours, but I felt no pain that whole time. I didn’t even ask for it and I doubt my parents did, but they ended up giving me IV Fentanyl and I got uncomfortably high, and as soon as it wore off I could feel all the pain of my jaw being in two pieces. Of course I asked for more because now I was in terrible pain but they didn’t give it to me. When I got surgery twice that same school year I was denied pain meds both times so I think maybe they listed me as addiction prone or something because I asked for more.
it may not feel like it because you were in so much pain, but they actually did you a favor by hopefully sparing you of actually getting addicted to fent...
@@asundergrowth facts
My fiance is a nurse and he says that they keep notes and warnings on people who are IV Drug Users and people who were seeking drugs in the past.
@Gaetano They track addicts in a lot of ways. There has been a national prescription drug registry developed within the last decade to help address the opioid epidemic. It's a computer database that keeps track of everybody's prescription history, and that tells more than people might think. If they see anything such as suboxone or methadone being prescribed then it's pretty obvious, but even a combination of drugs such as clonidine, baclofen, ondansetron, and hydroxyzine being prescribed at once would be a dead giveaway that that person is an opioid addict because it's the exact sort of cocktail that opioid addicts are given in rehab to help them detox more comfortably. It helps with more than just addicts though. Certain drugs could also give someone away as being bipolar, which would be a good thing to know so that doctors avoid prescribing SSRIs and other drugs which could trigger manic episodes. It's just a good standard to have in place. It keeps the honest honest, if you will.
Yes, but this video will frame China instead of the obviously failing US healthcare system
Please get the help you need and be a fighter, always a fighter and never ever give up. All the help you need is out there for you don’t destroy yourself and your loved ones, and fight for yourself you CAN DO THIS!!
Good luck and God Bless You.
How blaming someone else is better than fixing the social problems
The illicit fentanyl can be traced 100% to China. Yes, we have social problems but you can’t deny that the Chinese Communists are flooding the US with the most dangerous drug they can make.
because america is fuelled by conflict and blaming others distracts people from domestic problems
You must find out one of the root cause of the problem. Patching problems with a temporary patch will not solve anything. Its like ants problem in a home, find the queen and ants will be gone.
@@domaticgirl, please. if something is illegally smuggled out of the country, the government doesn't get paid any taxes from it. This should be common sense. What, you think they just file their taxes saying "FENTANYL" despite the fact that possession gets them the death penalty there?? Or you really think China's gov sat around in a room like the British parliament, voting to decide how to force another country to take its opium? Mind you, the British invaded, looted, and coloznied Hong Kong when China imposed a ban on British opium traders. This history is why China and so many Asian countries (with Chinese refugees from the opium wars) have such deep scars from drugs that drugs are heavily penalised in their countries. China got 1.4 billion people, some of them are gonna be bad, and they're gonna be shipping illicit supplies to countries to willing, happy buyers with governments who do not give a crap about their people. Yall got nobody to blame for the drug problem in the US except the US gov. They allowed the problem to become this bad without doing anything. Blaming another country, encouraging divisive speech to stop its domestic population from pointing fingers at the gov or holding it accountable in any meaningful way seems to work anyway, so no wonder change never happens.
It’s been obvious that it’s been China for decades but brainless people like you follow the media and blame Mexico where fentanyl isn’t produced it’s brought over from China
These kind of documentaries make it extremely difficult for people with chronic pain to obtain these pain killers.
I for example suffer from interstitial cystitis and it is impossible for me to get opioid pain killers prescribed by my doctor because of the demonizing of these drugs by the media.
You should blame the people getting themselves killed over these drugs.
2 of my best friends got pretty addicted to crack and oxy, and the got crack that was laced with fentynal and overdosed just a couple days apart... They didn't even know each other and got from different people... It's fucking terrible man.
It’s always some country feeding the drug crisis in America but the American govt. itself is stuck with old methods of treating addicts. The govt. has to take more responsibility. This is not political or republican vs democrat matter. It’s for the people.
Also these are not drug cartels, they're regular pharma companies who make all types of legal prescription drugs for domestic use. Majority of their profit is not from gray market precursors. China doesn't regulate fentanyl precursor like the US simply because Chinese people don't abuse these drugs or are always looking newer chemicals to get high off of. That is uniquely a western problem.
@@dsong2006 drugs are bad mkay
@@firstlast8258 it's not about drugs being good or bad...if these company mostly serve the domestic market, and there is no drug problem in China and their way of dealing with it is with harsh penalty like death or long prison sentences, what incentive is there for the gov to increase regulations. Why should they think about how foreigner are using these chemicals? You can turn most chemicals into drugs if there is a will. Look at the types of drugs Russians are using
@@dsong2006 🤓
@@dsong2006 It's not even a Western problem. It's an AMERICAN problem (and Canada, but same thing).
If our Government is Allowing these Drugs across the Border, which is a Billion dollar Industry who do we Blame? The Supplier, the User or the Median?
Drugs are bad mkay
Our government isn't "Allowing" these drugs into the country. Its like playing wack-a-mole with 10's of thousands of Chinese criminals smuggling drugs in every imaginable way and then some. China helps control their end depending on their frame of mind towards the US. In other words they use this as a tool to get their way. If you drop a tarrif or don't complain about our Confucius institutes we can do more. Hundreds of thousands of Americans die from the drugs china could easily stop flowing out of their country. Seems to me they are the biggest Cartel of them all. They always speak about taking down the country from within if you listen to chinas professor's & pundits talk about America..Its very disturbing.
The US can't control the all the smuggling because the trade volume is so large there aren't enough DEA people to police all the incoming ships. That's just one reason.
don't forget the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
unless you want to live in a pre-1800 world, you need to enable international trade of legal goods the way it is. At that, there is no way to control even 10% of all imports, especially not in the ports. So no, there is no government willingly letting these illegal or controlled substances into the country. It just has no way of stopping it.
I thought it was obvious. The user of course. It's much easier to oppress another portion of the population than to stop the rich making more money.
If only America had it's own chemists that could make the drugs in the US, so that way they could do quality control and ensure that the product wasn't going to kill people. That sounds like it would be a nice way of protecting your own citizens.
People aren't going to stop taking drugs, and people aren't going to stop selling drugs.
So the best approach is to ensure that the drugs are bought and sold, are at least safe to their consumers!
Jeremiah, this is exactly what we're debating here in Canada. As you can guess, though, the conservatives are opposed to anything that would 'enable' drug users.
😂
Thank you for sharing this info with us... It's extremely important to know.
@Amy Beaver it will only be important if it causes a large number of Americans who currently obsess over drug seizures at the border to listen to what me and others are trying to tell the public. That the amount seized is a drop in the bucket. The heroin supply is fully supplanted by fentanyl and now xylazine, due to our drug policy pushing prices (and thus profits) into the stratosphere. And the deaths keep coming, day in, day out, and will continue. They don't have to, I promise you. There's not a perfect solution, but we can do so very much better. It's too late for a lot of people, including many close to me. I don't want others to die, and I don't wish that grief on anyone.
But I'm truly sad that I don't expect any meaningful change within my lifetime. Maybe I can help drive the stigma down slightly, because that is IMHO the biggest obstacle. Do you know why so many addicts and others who want help desperately don't seek it out voluntarily? Because they, for instance, don't want to go to a clinic that is entirely profit-driven, that's based on a punitive system, that does not treat people with dignity. And don't take my word for it. Check to see what their lobbyists have done to ensure that no legislation passes that would allow an opioid user to see their doctor directly and get medication that works for them. Like you can.
Ask them why they use racemic methadone instead of the useful isomer (it's cheaper). But I'll tell you what that does over the course of many years (one thing anyway, something I have personal experience of): it disrupts calcium ion transport in the gums, and will make one's teeth fall out, and in a very bad, very painful, and very self-image destroying way. They'll likely point to the sugar in the formulation, or junkies' terrible hygiene. But they'd be lying. It took me quite a while before I was able to talk to one of the older physicians that's works in the clinic program about that. But he did eventually tell me that he hadn't seen such problems, not nearly as severe, before regulations on generic medications were relaxed and they switched to racemic.
You can talk to your doctor about what sort of medication works for you. I can’t. Take it or leave it. And keep paying that bill in cash out of one pocket and we’ll grab that sweet ACA cash out of the other, as long as we file the proper paperwork of x number of drug tests per year per patient. Never mind that the place fills up with people, half have COVID and don’t bother with masks, and they’ll take as long as they need to get the paperwork done because they’re a business, and the goal is to make money, not to worry about that trash in the waiting room, even though some are supposed to be at work now. Screw them.
I could go on. There’s plenty more I’ve written in just this thread if you care to read it. Read on if you’d like to know what it’s like to have to grind down an exposed root canal post with a mirror and a power tool because the decay is so severe that everything crumbled away at once. So not only does one get to experience the pain of a dental abscess, but has to act in desperation because there’s no dentist to go to now, and that post will otherwise tear your lower lip off.
I’m not angry at you personally. I’m angry, that’s true. There are plenty of monsters in these comments who like to mock drug addicts. What I will ask you to do is take a moment and ask yourself seriously: Am I OK with this?
“It’s a tough time to be a young person” is the most underrated statement in this whole video.
This is true for most of history.
The recent Opioid crisis in America was self caused though
Just greed
exactly, the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
Exactly, I still dont see why they must pin China for practically everything when the whole situation was very much self caused.
there's plenty of homeless young people out there hooked on opioids that were toddlers when the oxy prescriptions were notoriously high. their opioid addiction has nothing to do with previous legal prescriptions.
Somehow people keep forgetting only US have a Fentanyl problem. If your situation is that special, it is on you.
love the camera cuts to him just nodding
From DEA website: "Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery. Under the supervision of a licensed medical professional, fentanyl has a legitimate medical use.". So according to US law, Fentanyl is a controlled drug, not an illegal drug.
Thank you for being one of the few intelligent comments here. Fentanyl and other opiates enable many people with severe chronic pain to live comfortably, work, provide for their families, and keep a roof over their heads.
Well said. Media need to start clarifying this immediately. **ILLICIT** fent.
I think people realize the difference between regulated fent patches and injections (although those can easily be abused as well so should be handled very carefully), and fent cooked up in Chinese labs and distributed by cartels. Even legal fent though, is something that should be taken incredibly seriously by doctors and patients.
@@PlaySA It IS taken seriously by those who have a medical necesity. Patronizing people doesn't stop addiction or ODs. Stirring up hysteria doesn't stop addiction nor ODs.
It becomes illegal once the controlled drug is outside the supervision of a practicing pharmacist/doctor, in which black markets for the drug do exist.
The Chinese are still (understandably) mad about the Opium Wars.
Absolutely. The Chinese don't forget. They spend more than a century planning and waiting for a good moment to defeat the Xiongnu once and for all, 2000 years ago. They know how to make long term plans, truly long term, whereas western politicians are only planning for a few years at most, because then they lost their presidency anyways and who cares what happens afterwards
Your next special should be
"how the pharmaceutical industry is fuelling America's drug epidemic."
don't forget the opioid crisis was caused by the Sackler family's for-profit company Purdue Pharma, who conspired with doctors to push addictive drugs ... and since they own the politicians, the Sacklers are gonna get a plea deal that just fines them a fraction of the billions they made in profit
Yup!!
Or making everyone slowly but surely crazy. 60 percent of Americans are on Anti-Psychotics..
They've already covered Purdue, the Sackler's etc. multiple times.
this has been covered in a dozen different videos.
美国政府不需要做法规和政策上禁毒，只需要把责任推给美国和俄罗斯来激起民族主义就可以了，而实际上开放毒品、且从毒品中获利的人正是美国的上层人士
You would think that Vice could hire competent editors to produce a video with consistent audible sound and without such terrible background noise.
Next, how are south American countries fuelling America's diabetes epidemic by planting sugar canes.
Nah, people are just lazy. It's way more than just "soda drinkers."
LMAO, thank you I needed some Comedy
Thank you for sharing this video.
Amazing how they never mention the doctors who abruptly cut patients off which causes them to hit the streets. Start charging doctors for cutting patients off just like they do if they prescribe too many and this crisis will end.
Look up that handle 👆⬆️ his got psych products and mushroms🍄🍄….
The DEA license a doctor must have to write such scripts is more important to them than some poor chronic pain patient in need of relief.
Literally at 3:19
Good job, Vice! You managed to keep up with the rest of us!
Kind of like, "The dollar is our currency, but it is your problem" said by a US Treasury secretary.
But with the borders the people coming over here building the buildings apartment some of them is in with the cocktails bring all that poison over here profiting
The real question isn't about THE DRUG - but as to why Americans are TAKING IT !?!
the cure is in taking a hard look at our broken society
Ben is a super chill dude. I got to hangout with him when his book was first released and he signed my book with "Here's hoping for two lines on your fent strips"
Lmao iconic
I was hooked on fentanyl and cocaine for well over 10years, I got clean around 7years ago. It's great to live again
You're great to achieve it
The problem too with Fent, is that because it wears off so quickly. You need to use more times a day, where a heroin user would use maybe 2 times max a day and they don't need to re-dose. Also if you were using any weaker opiates, like Heroin. You would basically not get high off of it anymore because Fentanyl would make your tolerance increase by x50. So sad, as a Heroin user, in a country where we get clean Heroin, its sad to see how badly its effected the US and Canada! Apparently if you've made it through the flooding of the market in the US and Canada in the last 8 years, you are maybe 2/10 that survived the wave :( I promise you would be surprised how many people have used and how it can be a far less dangerous drug if the government are the ones controlling it, not just the production but instead of saying "NO TO DRUGS" teach kids about Narcan and about the drugs they're most likely to come in contact with in their teenage years, it being socially unacceptable makes people do it discreetly and in such a dangerous way! Being informed about what your going to use takes the chance of a OD and many other problems that people have to take... Because lets be honest, people are always going to be curious and some people are always going to try it at some point in their life... So why not be safe!
I remember being addicted to xanax for the longest and a part still is but ever since fentanyl it is almost impossible to get anything not laced on the street. I personally dont like the way these fakes make you feel but it seems everyone else is still taking these, feel bad for all the teens thinking they are taking something legit
L2darkweb nerd
Ha. Yep
Anyone reading please stay away from drugs. You won't earn anything
Thank god I got off opiates. Now I just trip off the occasional psychedelic. 😎
Be free from it all my friend may you be guided to Allah and be free
@@servantofAllah027 nah it's okay this works for me lol nothing wrong with eating mushrooms once or twice a year
I am willing to bet your life quality has gone way up, and I’m being serious.
Switching seats on the titanic
@@servantofAllah027 first off my apologies if I misspell anything. I don’t think Allah would have a problem with some of this stuff. After all the Sufi mystics consume hashish and it also must be considered. That if people are going to indulge in one substance it should at least be a prosocial one. Furthermore if you are to ban every substance that alters your mind. If that is what you think the intent was in the Quran. Why have tobacco and coffee been tolerated. And why are they use so heavily. It is obvious that there are some substances that alter the mind. That allah probably doesn’t care about.
Never done fentanyl or any hard drugs. It’s interesting to hear that we have “watered” down cocaine here in the states, and that many people are just unaware so they’re content with the high they get. I wonder what the differences are and if active users can distinguish between the two. Interesting video. Thanks for staying on top, Vice!
I’d say for sure they can tell the difference if they’ve had the high test stuff before. I know I could.
Yes
I've had cocaine from all over South America, I've even done acetone washes on my coke to make it almost 100% pure. The stuff I can get now is expensive but it is really, really good. This is in the bay area of CA. So yeah, some people may not know, but if you know, you know.
@@PlaySA This guy knows
Distinguish between cut and pure cocaine or distinguish between coke and fetty?
Great research
I've had trauma dealing with OD patients. An addict(w/ multiple drug usage) was brought to the ER. I went to get samples for blood testing. Was about to approach when he suddenly got up, pulled his IV needle and began stabbing the nurses and me. One got critical, others got minor injuries and me stabbed 3x in the gut. Then later finding out that there will be no compensation and I have to pay half of my hospital bills. I quit that day.
That’s awful
Did you guys do a blood test, fuckers in prison give each other hep-c and HIV this way
sorry dude
Prove it
Sounds like either stimulant psychosis, or the medics gave too much naloxone and pissed him off. I've had similar experiences. They'll throw you right under the bus in favor of a patient/client. And why in the hell didn't they search him? That needle should NEVER have made it into the ED on his person. Healthcare sucks, I would never want to work in that field again unless I had no choice
It's all fentanyl analogues in Los Angeles. They even sell fake black tar heroin made to look, feel, and smell like black tar, but it's not real heroin. I don't think there are any real opioids left. This is how absurd and terrifying it has become...
That's fucked man. Not that black tar is something good for you but at least it was relatively safe and you could know for sure that it wouldn't up and kill your ass.
It's strange because in Europe we still have heroin and no real problems with ice. Makes you wonder if its not preplanned, in Europe we have government run prison nobody is getting rich from people being locked up?
Heroin or any opiates from the Afghan poppy is too weak and expensive vs synthetic fentanyl. Fentanyl pills or blues goes for $1-5/pill today smoked.
@@larryc1616 depends where you’re at and who you know
Lol ya there is. Nature exists still.. its just become more and more illegal
It’s impossible for the large scale drug trade to exist without the explicit support of the government of the United States
How America is blaming China for everything
How UK is blaming PUTIN for everything
Vice should do programs about that
In reality, they are all friends.
Clearly China has no interest in cutting down on drugs that harm the US and Canada. That's why we need to work with Mexico in order to patrol Trans-Pacific trade for these drug precursors and prevent them from reaching the shores of North America in the first place. We solve two issues at once, it weakens the Mexican cartels significantly and it reduces the amount of drugs coming into the US.
When there's a demand, there is always a way. The drugs will always reach the customers. Too many pockets need filling.
@Roger McMillan At least then it would become more expensive. And likely even then better regulated, because US Drug enforcement is one of the best in the world. Now, the issue shifts to punishing exporters, distributors, and producers of drugs in a harsh manner to further discourage people from getting into this.
@@krayziebenno We can try our best to at least cut down significantly or reduce the flow, demand and supply.
I wouldnt say no interest. Fentanyl production is increasingly moving to India because it's cracked down more in China.
Mexico will always be the supplier of drugs to north America. No way to stop it especially because Mexico is a 3rd world country
Capitalism doesn't care who it hurts as long as it gets its money.
🎯.
The current state of affairs in America reveals a concerning pattern of decline that seems to be slipping under the radar of public awareness. The staggering rise in opioid-related deaths, reaching an alarming 100,000 per year, serves as a grim indicator of a nation grappling with a deep-rooted drug crisis.
As a ripple effect, the homelessness crisis continues to escalate, with the drug problem serving as a catalyst for individuals finding themselves without stable homes. This growing issue, which was once unimaginable just a few years ago, is now becoming an unsettling norm that demands attention.
Equally unsettling is the erosion of societal values and the breakdown of law and order. Instances of brazen crime, where individuals unabashedly seize whatever they desire, highlight a sense of lawlessness that is increasingly taking hold. The erosion of parental authority over their children's health and well-being within the education system adds another layer of concern, as schools take it upon themselves to make life-altering decisions for young minds.
Moreover, the politicization of the justice system is raising eyebrows and deepening the decline. The attempt to hinder the political opposition by levying multiple charges and attempting to bar them from running for office indicates a distortion of democratic principles that were once upheld with fervor.
In essence, this amalgamation of issues paints a picture of a nation in decline, one that is facing significant challenges across various fronts. The disconcerting aspect is that, had this scenario unfolded merely a few years ago, the collective outcry would likely have been resounding. However, the current state of affairs appears to be met with a degree of complacency or perhaps even a lack of realization.
Addressing these concerns and reversing this trajectory of decline will necessitate a collective recognition of the issues at hand and a concerted effort to prioritize solutions. It requires rekindling a sense of unity, holding institutions accountable, and upholding the principles that have historically been the foundation of America's strength and resilience.
There will be no unity with the Phycho-christian right- wing.I won't join them.
No. The drug is killing experimental drug users.
Drug addicts have high tolerance. Experimental drug users are being poisoned.
China is doing this purposely
Man I'm glad I cleaned my act up. I never shot anything or stuff like that, but I was definitely taking too many pills (I wrecked my back lifting weights about 7 years ago). I was definitely not as bad as some, but it was becoming a problem so I just decided to quit altogether. I'm glad I did because it's really getting crazy out here. I feel a million times better even with my back pain staying the same (Actually getting worse by the day.) I even quit drinking. I feel much better now.
Id recommend going to physical therapy if you can
@Ciello ___ oh I actually stay very active and still frequent the gym, I just mind the spine. Nothing like squats r anything that puts downward pressure on my spine like that. But I can sneeze wrong and can't tie my shoes for 3 days. Holy hell LoLz
@@lunaticgaming7967 Yikes, but same here. Went cold turkey after being on Narco 10’s for 4 years due to slipped discs causing pressure on nerves in my back. It sucks when I move the wrong way (and it doesn’t take much) and have pain for days afterwards. But I’ll never go back to the pills. So glad I never got into Oxy or Fentanyl!
True stay clean and live a happy normal life is the best thing ever u can do in this crazy world, no joke hands down...
I had fentanyl for a biopsy and it knocked me out, but I don't remember feeling good or different. I awoke as if nothing happened. If they'd OD me, I never would have known.
Had to do it for an ambulance ride (am allergic to regular opioids) and it did exactly nothing for my pain, and I wasn't impaired by it at all. The hospital mistakenly thought I was a drug addict and delayed my surgery, suing them right now.
The fety in the hospital isn’t the same . Street fety is diff that hospital grade fety . The nurses also would never od u bc again it’s Medi-Cal grade fety
Lol how to unnecessarily make things focusing on you
So taking away pain pills from those of us in chronic never ending pain didn't stop addicts dying or cut down on "opioid" use....as i said from the beginning. Only got pain pills after NOTHING else worked, worked with my doc to pick a dose(lower than he originally offered) decades ago(yep i was hit by a car doing 65mph and have been disabled since, add to it decades of working two hard physical jobs and the only thing keeping me out of the wheelchair full time is one more tiny injury/wrong place muscle spasms and my complete stubbornness over it)and finally picked one that worked for me.
I used to cook three meals a day from scratch(yep baked bread everyday, had a full garden every year), donate time to the local food bank and you know mostly live my life as long as i didn't try to overdo it, hard to do when you are used to doing it all all of your life like myself. Now i live in my bed. I am in so much pain i have a full time carer who lives with me. They help me up to use the bathroom. They make my meals, go shopping , pay my bills for me etc.etc.etc. Haven't seen most of my friends anymore, don't go anywhere, and the pain is never ending. No it's not something that Tylenol can alleviate.
My docs office got some awful racist staff, they used to read medical histories out of patients files to each other out loud in the reception area of the docs office. Yes that is not only wrong but ILLEGAL according to HIPPA rules, they should have been fired and maybe prosecuted. And by reading it i mean "oohhhh look that old man is never gonna walk right again ahhahahahah" the old man in question burst into tears and left. Then they had the phone game, they played with all patients.. Never heard of it? Yeah me neither until then(lived around the world in "second tier nations") never saw such bullshit in my life. Call the docs office and ask to speak to the nurse, they put you on hold...for lets say 10 minutes(it's a tiny clinic in a tiny town there are 6 of them whose only job is to answer phones and in person i have seen them ignore the phones completely). Then they will answer then hold the phone away form their mouths, drop it or simple hang up. Pretending the landline phones were losing signal??? Yeah they were evil but literally dumb as dirt. They did it to me and any other patients they felt like playing games with ??? Then they brag to each other in a language i speak/understand. The last straw was when i went to check in for an appointment and the one checking me in says to the other while smiling at me "oh look it's the poor disabled one, did you see all those injuries "......continue commenting on my life/physical health as i sign in. So tired of their crap i tell them ' you know other people speak and understand what you are saying, just because i don't look like you doesn't mean i don't know what you are saying.' They look shocked to say the least. That is the day i filed a formal complaint against them.
Fired, you think. Nope. They got to get paid to go to a "be a decent human being " two day "class". Then they came for me. It's about 3-4 months later time to refill my "fill it every three months because it's way cheaper that way" opioid scrip. Make appointment, tell them what for and i can smell the evil coming off of her through the phone.
Why i took them...........For a couple years i got bottles of the tylenol 3 w/codiene the bottles were industrial size and i was afraid of taking so many pills for so little relief. When my doc finally put me on 3 count em 3 small dosage time released morphine every 24 hours it worked without leaving me drug stupid and i never was addicted to them. How do i know that? Well after the crap with the staff members(see next paragraph) they made me come in to refill my scrip, i thought as usual, pee in a cup, count the ones i have left if doc wants(doc stopped doing that about 15 years ago because if anything i under take them as i cannot afford the scrip all the time) doc asks if i have anything new to tell them, then i get script then i leave, fill scrip, go home.
Nope. It was game time and no one told me we were playing. After going to the docs office, having to deal with here horrible staff, get weighed, poked and prodded as they do, i am just done(have C-PTSD etc. and for some reason(years of surgeries/therapies/etc.etc.etc. might be why, maybe?)hate going to docs offices of any kind. So they send in one of the "phone game" ringleaders(they were training the new girl how to mess with patients, the day i was there) and she magically doesn't speak english anymore, she knows i speak her home language so she now speaks with a heavy accent of a third language i do not understand but it's obvious she is up to something, she is quite proud of it and it will be harmful to me in some fashion. I thought she was going to physically attack me, i wish she would have at least then i could have gotten a few punches to her evil mug. So she told me" heavy accent , you have to sign this paper or you won't get your meds"....'um ok aren't i supposed to do this with the doc, like every other time(thinking this is another "pain contract", doc office so out of it they FORGOT to get me to sign one for about 15 years, again not taking these for fun they are literally the only thing that relieves a good bit of my pain, allowing me to function)' i reply. She starts again"you have to sign this paper, right here" she points to a marked line, by this time i am having an anxiety attack(yeah don't know why people think you are scared during one, for me it makes my hyper rage stressed and i will do whatever i have to do to get out of that place/space/situation, my doc knows this as seemingly do all the staff who read my medical file for fun) and will do pretty much what ever i have to do to get out of there. I sign what she tells me. For all i know i just signed a mortgage and bought her a house. I wait for the doc who NEVER comes back and sends another one of her employees to tell me "well since you signed that you won't get any more pain pills" 'um what are you talking about, where is the doc?' They send me home and say doc will call me. I get home, spend a few days calming down and call them. Then they tell me "oh we got a new office manager(not a doctor, not a pain specialist, not even anyone who ever looked at me or my medical history/injuries) and they decided we aren't going to give anyone pain pills anymore". Wow. Yes that is how it happened. To this day i never get a straight answer, suffer daily and at this point the best i can hope for is the stress of living in never ending pain is going to cause a stroke/heart attack and with the garbage health care i have either or would mean my death.
But the junkies can get pills/fentynal, and numerous other deadly illegal drugs .............this is what i worked all my life/tried my best to always do the right thing/etc.etc.etc.
Oh and the new manager.....she was so "on her game" that she hired a pedophile to work in a health clinic for families.......he was only found out because his computer got looked at at work and it was full of child porn..........yep.
I have kidney disease and get kidney stones constantly. Now instead of actually getting pills that can control the pain, doctors tell me to take tylenol or aspirin. Literally the most painful thing you can experience and they refuse to actually give someone with a valid medical need the pills that could help because they think we are supplying the junkies or something.
Druggies are going through a sickness the exact same way you are wether it be physical or mental so to say you are being stripped of medication or frowned upon for something you need and druggies don't is a little ignorant. Druggies feel like they need that drug just like you need yours only they have to deal with street pharmacists or "drug dealers" I understand that you are going through a lot but it doesn't mean you should talk down to what you call druggies that get their medication off the street. The only difference between you and what you call a "druggie is you deal with actual doctors and pharmacist for your drugs. Still in perspective they look at you like a druggie but one that does it the legal way. What point are you trying to prove? I know many people who live regular lives, go to work. Have chronic pain and can't afford to get prescription medication or have mental addictions and are just trying to live their lives just as you are. So what point is it exactly that you are trying to prove besides your dislike possibly hatred for the pharmacist that take care of and "look down" on you? I don't see a big contrast between you and many other people who get their medication wether for pain or for addiction off the street.
@@RiceHatSamurai No, they are paying for their choice. That's not really a medical condition. Their choice is what is stripping us of the ability to get the medications that the medical profession recommend because politicians have decided to lump those people with medical need as being the same as street junkies, even though they actually take theirs as directed instead of every chance they get.
I feel nothing but sympathy for your condition. I hope you get rid of this predicament as sooner possible. Remember one thing,if it's not a happy ending,then it means the story has not ended yet.
Americans' minds are really simple, why don't you blame your government? Why don't you blame your system?
Nation wide depression is causing this drug "epidemic"
Drugs are bad mkay
It’s bad mkay
And the left pushed the lockdowns increasing isolation and mental health epidemic. And the president who's letting the traffickers in, and its not just drug traffickers.
Yup. A lot of the use isnt recreational anymore. But a genuine attempt at escape
True
I get a little bit deeper, I'm going to read a book and ask the author to explain it in front of the camera😂
That stuff is killing someone I know every week in VA right now! It's awful. You can't even buy normal oxycodone or morphine around here BC everything is pressed and full of fentanyl. It's wild 🤯
Same here in CO. Something needs to be done. It's literally chemical warfare against Americans
Praying for you brother you’re gonna get through this and help others
Yes, they ruined the pill game.
You can't even get a pill around my way anymore? It's too dangerous. Most people I know who have died, thought they were doing a couple roxy30s or something and ended up taking pure fentanyl.
And Vancouver is filled with addicts, I was surprised last year when I visited Chinatown, it used to be such a colorful place, now it's filled with safe injection posts and addicts everywhere
Why is US and Canada the only two countries with this problem? Is it the cold weather? Is it the lifestyle? Is it the lack of quality people? What is it? Or a combination of a few issues?
You know this might sound crazy to some but I truly believe that In order to help this massive issue; we should provide at least Some option for people to get some form of pain relief because if we had legal options then we could impact people seeking out uncontrollable black market options. Plus whether we like to admit it or not, people struggle and life is difficult and it's understandable for people to wish there was a mild acceptable option to use sometimes "Other than Alcohol" currently we run our society and only allow for alcohol as people's options to decompress a bit. If we just slightly adjusted that I think we could improve the situation a lot. It's just right now people have no real option to help with aches and pains of life and Drs toss antidepressants at people or gabapentin and they think they are helping but it's clearly not helping so I think we need to find a new way to approach this a view this. The more we can keep people staying in the controlled regulated substance's the better way we can keep them away from black market dangerous unknown quality options. Plus it could be a tax revenue option for States instead of feeding illegal black market options. So why not just think about it?
I like this idea. But I worry about cost. The black market price would go below this market price and it would be the same issue over again….
We need to make healthcare more accessible and pay teachers/therapist/healthcare workers more….
Then we can see a change in the need for drugs decrease.
People do drugs to survive their daily life. If they had other ways that were free or inexpensive to access there would be less people needing drugs. Think about the nice studies that show that a healthy community of mice don’t want cocaine or opiates but isolated mice turn to them to cope.
We are the same. The amount of support is > the need for drugs to cope.
Idk. This country is so angry and sad and messed up.
We need real healing for this to stop. And a decrease in opiate prescription if not needed.
We need people who support our youth and sick to be appreciated more.
There is allready a great solution to this- Kratom. A mild, effective, enjoyable, and very safe natural plant derived opioid. I’ve been using it for 10 years and it’s done a wonderful job of keeping me clean from other things while not badly affecting my life or health in any way. Unfortunately, a number of states have banned it or are trying to ban it, because of widespread misinformation on what it is.
@@hanbanan0 seems alot of homeless are into it can't really blame them it must suck.getting back is a hard road especially when rents are massive +inflation
tough times
...like how Codeine is used and has been used in every country outside of the United States since the very early days of drug regulation? Low-strength Codeine tablets, especially when coupled with Paracetamol (increases analgesia and checks excessive usage) are common worldwide . In many of the places that sell these Codeine products OTC, MD's are only going to write for stronger options like Morphine for extreme cases and its effective.
This is what's proven to be the only intelligent policy for basically all substances moving forward. Regulate and tax, and then you take part of the profits and put that into diversion and recovery programs for those who need them. You will never stop people from doing these things. But you can control, regulate, educate and make things as safe as possible.
5 seconds in and I'm like oh did China pull an America on America?
lolol
They pulled a classic British Opium War
America poisoned its own population with crack cocaine.. now they worried about fentanyl ?! Fckn hypocrites
Is it just me or does someone else notice that the interviewee is speaking like he's high?
I've had patches in the past but I stopped using them as I had loads of side effects. I've tried countless meds over the years, but the only once that have ever helped is Longtec, Shortec and Pregabalin to help with my chronic pain and phantom pain.
You can get pretty much anything you want in China. The emperor is far away & the mountains are very high.
Most suppliers won’t care about any ethics for several reasons. As long as you have money to buy.
one minute in and i get an ad. GO USA!
And the ad is for a Chinese product lol
The problem is not that China is manufacturing fentanyl, the problem is that the United States and Canada are using and as long as there is a demand there will be a way.
Ok wumao
@@centerrightpunk lol
It makes me think of the opium wars.
Ya same here. The west caused an entire century of humiliation in China, one of the oldest civilisations on the world. They are taking their revenge now
@@thatonedudenextdoor7840
Colonisation was a terrible thing, and we’re still struggling with the consequences of it.
Yeah it's not a nice thought that your drug pusher wants revenge for a 180 year old grievance. And that they believe a close by country belongs to them thanks to pirate law. Yargh! So no to drugs kids!
@@robbiegrant1449 it may have started 180 years ago but China only really started recovering at all in the 50s and only really started recovering in the 90s. It's not called the century of humiliation for nothing. And more than that, there has been no word of apology, no act of reparation or any indication that the west regrets pushing drugs on China partially through the opium wars.
There can be no forgiveness.
@@robbiegrant1449
“What goes around comes around”?
Nobody is forcing people to buy and use drugs, the fact that they have extra money to waste on drugs means their life is relatively easy still. I'm tired of drug addicts acting as if someone shoved drugs down their throats..
Unfortunately people end up using hard drugs either way and risk being laced with fentanyl.
They weren't complaining about that. It's like putting rat poison in your cigarettes. Yes cigarettes are bad, but there's no need to make them intentionally more deadly. Uncut MDMA can be unsafe if used incorrectly, but it's much safer than the media would have you believe.
Precisely. Smokers, drinkers and users are all the same.
May god one day bless me and turn me into a fool as ignorant as you
I don’t know what the Chinese government is doing or not. But I’m looking at some of the comments and I think people really need to look at the history of the relationship between China and West and heroin. I’m not saying it justifies it but they’re just following how they were shown to behave.
中国贩毒死刑，美国呢？自己思考思考吧，美国大麻都合法了，现在跑过来怪中国生产合法药物出口。笑死，中国还是世界最大感冒药原料生产国呢。感冒药照样能变成毒品，美国是不是也要责怪中国啊？
2:01 that’s what sucks the most. In middle school when we were watching channel one in the 90s is why I thought I wanted to try ecstasy. They should be fun looking raves party culture. I thought I would enjoy etc. Without the glorification through the Coca-Cola contract known as channel one to public schools I would never have had the drive towards drugs.
It just really sucks that all drugs are bastardized in the same light, but MDMA ketamine even heroin are absolutely nothing compared to what we’re dealing with now. It’s not just “throw whatever we’ve got in there they don’t know“ it is strategic plan premeditated. Just as with Covid , every single person who dies from this or has their lives ruined, have nothing but the CCP to blame. This is the agenda of the communist party of china.
Pooh bear is responsible. He has blood on his hands for what he is promoting the export of. This is not a leader. This is a bond villain we are dealing with.
Every time there is a new law made against these drugs they just make the next version of the drug and continue business as usual…
The problem with that is each time that happens the drug gets a lot stronger and a lot more addictive.
Which of course causes more death and addiction…
DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS SO THAT WE CAN START TO FIX THIS SH!T SHOW!
If they had real mdma and ketamine these days I doubt there would be so many adulterants. Nothing beats the real deal. He’ll let us grow poppies here in the states like Australia. Imagine a major supply shut down that not only shuts down our food, supply and special needs good, but also drugs like this, you would see it on the streets people throwing up and freaking out. At least you were here in Asheville, North Carolina.
Poppies are incredible full spectrum pain relief. They actually used to be easy to get around here, but not anymore. Even though they are way safer, cheaper, etc.
Look up that handle 👆⬆️ his got psych products and mushroms🍄🍄
He said china isn't intentionally doing this to poison the US and I disagree.
No one I'd forcing U.S to buy this drug.
Yeah I'd agree with you there ,Since the American debt money that was ment to be paid back to China was stopped by Obama the Chinese are being paid back thru the deal they made with the Mexican cartels ,while destroying America & their economy, I have a friend who lives in Mexico & he told me a few years back that the Chinese gov actually made a deal with the Mexican gov & cartels to flood America with fenta & tranq ,I used to be a heroin addict for over 20 years & I've managed to get clean coming on 5 years this may ,I live in the UK & we do not have a problem with fentanyl here ,that's why I think & what I was told is true about the Chinese gov destroying America with the help from the cartels & mex/gov ,It's one way to get back at someone who hasn't paid the America World debt while killing thousands. ..
China just makes what the customer wants
All of the debates and proposed solutions to the Fentanyl flooding into the US, has neglected to say the problem is truly all about the fact that America is addicted to getting high, feeling good or better about their surroundings and situation. Addicted to wanting to escape their problems, make them go away temporarily. It is what drives the drug cartels to ship more in volume and potency.
If we as a nation straightened up, and got sober, we could solve a lot more problems than this one. No one can make anything better by putting off facing their problems without being sober and in control of their thoughts. and what comes out of their mouth. #soberissmarter
"they're all made in a lab," unlike ecstasy, which is made in a hollowed out tree by elves who also make fudge cookies.
😂
Drugs are bad mkay
You’re thinking of mushrooms
🍄 🌳 🧝
i guess his point was, it wasnt cooked on a stove in the jungle, as it happens with the notorious alternatives.
This reminds me of the Opium Wars.
But in reverse
What goes around comes around
Back when Spice, bath salts, plant food etc were popular in shops we referred to the actual substances as Research Chemicals. They have a tendency to be MUCH stronger than the substance they're mimicking/substituting for and some of them are difficult to use without the risk of addiction for that exact reason. Fentanyl is dangerous but it's not really the problem, it's just a symptom of a much larger issue.
the larger issue of course being capitalism, individualism, and rampant wealth inequality in the west.
collectivist societies like China are much better off, people feel higher levels of societal obligation whereas the west everyones out for themselves only, a hedonistic shithole like brave new world
Yeah now people call all that stuff Molly in NY and tons of people are on it ...synthetic meth and meth plus fentynal are destroying the country its crazy
The issue is people making bad decisions
You truly have a deep perception 👍
The fact that we get free videos on UA-cam by VICE News is truly a gift. 👍
Nothing is free.
You pay with attention, or clicks, or subscription, your metadata, and to be influenced.
Nothing is free.
So what happened to the heroin?the news always said how plentiful and cheap heroin is,I'm sure it's still made in the orient and Afghanistan.
Interesting, if China has such massive drug production and extremely low regulation, why aren't so many people in China addicted to fentanyl? There must be a bigger market and lower prices for fentanyl in China compared to the US. Would Mexico still be deep in the drug war without the US, the world's largest drug market, as a neighbour?
possible execution for drug trafficking. thats why they don't have a problem.
Opioid addiction is a problem almost unique to the United States and largely absent from other countries. Generally speaking, as long as there is a relatively standardized use of analgesic drugs and the country has basic governance capabilities, it is impossible for such drugs to spread. No matter what the disease is, prescribing a bottle of painkillers is basically something that only happens in the United States.
In China, the sale of painkillers is extremely strict. Basically, only patients with advanced cancer have relatively easy access to opioid analgesics.
He selectively chose information to support his preconceived views, which is why the conclusion about "lax regulation on drug production" contradicts the fact of China's lower drug problem. They want to blame China, of course, while ignoring some obvious facts: China has a much lower drug use rate than the United States, thanks to its stricter drug control measures, which are not limited to drug users alone. In fact, there are very heavy penalties for drug production and trafficking in China. However, when China sentences drug traffickers to death, Western media comes forward to accuse China of lacking humanity and abusing the death penalty.
This video fails to provide more specific evidence and data to prove that most of the fentanyl comes from China and also intentionally downplays some facts: fentanyl can be legally produced and used as an anesthetic, and fentanyl wouldn't flow into the United States without the assistance of American drug trafficking groups. Fentanyl production is not difficult, so there's no reason it should be exclusively produced in China. Even if we assume that China does indeed produce most of the fentanyl, Americans should be more concerned about why their own drug control system can't curb its popularity, instead of shifting all the blame to other countries just to save face.
China has been through the Opium war, it's tough on its drug laws. Now it's time to get back to the west
My GP prescribed Fentynal patches to help me cope with historic lower back pain. The pain was reduced after taking Fentynal, however my mind took over where pain left off and I started to experience depression and stopped taking the Fentynal and felt emotionally improved. Six months latter after the back pain has worsened and I'm back to the beginning again and booked a Dr appointment for latter this week and see if some other wonder drug has been released that I can take for pain management. I'm hoping that after thirty five years of this medical malaise including two surgical procedures I may just catch a break this time around.
Try a different opioid
can i buy it from you
Medical Marijuana?
If I were you I'd try methadone. It lasts a long time and doesn't have the side effects of fentanyl.
I'm a recovered heroin addict, 6 years, and I also have a bad back. I used to be prescribed pain killers for my severe back pain. I was on 300mg of morphine a day. Once I got off the pills, my heroin habit grew much worse to compensate for no more morphine. I've had 3 surgeries, epidurals, you name it, I've done it and I am in constant pain. Pain killers aren't an option for me. Smoking weed helps somewhat but I'm gonna start doing PT to hopefully help alleviate this pain so I can be more mobile. If you can avoid opioids, please do. Or, ask your doctor about a pain medication pump that can be implanted in your back to pump pain medication directly to that area so it doesn't have to course thru your system. Try that and PT, it could be very beneficial and you won't end up with a habit or depressed. Good luck to you, I know what you're going thru.
If you don't buy/use this poison, you don't have to worry about it. How simple is that?
Another simple statement that does nothing to contribute to meaningful dialog about how to address this problem.
That's a rather oversimplistic take. People will always use drugs because there are folks who will always want to escape their surroundings. Whether it's college kids who want to get high and party or somebody in chronic pain simply looking for a few moments of relief, which can slowly turn into addiction.
@@bweb6 Coming from one whose dealt with addiction many years ago. More recently, the past 15 years dealing with chronic pain. Back then due to bias I went to the street buying authentic pain pills to survive until I found a doctor. Knowing today there are natural alternatives for pain and how tainted the street drugs are I wouldn't buy anything from the streets these days. Therefore, I stand by my original comment.
Fentanyl isn't just made by China its also made in America, the Chinese stuff is just mixed and made better
The reason fentanyl is being cut into all these other drugs is because of its addictiveness. Its hard to quit a drug when it makes you so physically sick.
I thought the reason was profit?
@@Onionbaron the profit comes from the people who get physically sick when they try to stop taking whatever the substance is. Opiate withdrawals are some of the most gnarly things your body can go through. It is literal hell. By adding fent into other popular drugs, the people who are buying and doing what they think is just coke are actually receiving coke with fent mixed in.
Say someone goes on a 3 day binge with said "coke".... When that bag is empty, the person would not only have to go through the regular coke comedown, but now they are feeling a whole new level of awful in addition to that. That right there is that person's body exhibiting opiate withdrawal symptoms because that 3day binge is pretty close to how quickly the human body can become *dependent* on something like opiates. Please be aware that addiction and dependence are not one and the same. But anyway, the pain from opiate withdrawals (although it wouldn't be too terrible at all after only 3 days) is what drives the customers back to the dealer, driving more profit for them.
@@Onionbaron i fully believe it is. fentanyl is simply cheaper to use even if it's so much worse than any other opiate.
@@itsuhme-meeee4775 And the producers don't give a f*** about anything than their profit...
IRA had a custom to shoot one kneecap as the first, and only warning for people misbehaving...
Keep fighting!
@@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286
For most of my life I have had this latin quote in my mind: "Qui Bono?"
Who benefits?
And maybe now we should add, Why???
So maybe it now would read: "Qui Bono, Quare?"
2:00 big man is correct and knows his history(you had to be a drug user to understand like him) when the mdma dried up and the RCs hit the GAME WAS OVER FOR EVERRRR. Not once did it go back to pure drugs, he only way now is online
Yeah I remember this I went to raves prior to 2011 when I joined the army and when I got back for a break in 2012 and a ton of people I knew had od'd for fentenyl in MDma but I also remmebr them mixing in m1 and methadrome if I'm right it was bad
I can still get pure MDMA. But tablets are done for, even with sharing information such as pill reports, there are just too many copies and you are taking your life in your hands taking something you don't 100% know what it is. Drug test strips are crucial.
Am I the only one that can see that you are claiming doing work that you did not do? This is a really important and interesting piece, but the original video was taken from somewhere and you broke it in pieces to add some questions, as if you were doing the interview live. Also, showing yourself nodding does not mean they are actually talking to you. It is really clear that you created questions that align marginally with the next topic that will be mentioned. This is not only a war on drugs, but a war on integrity. Don't claim doing something you did not do... VICENews this is really disappointing . Very well done Ben Westhoff. Very insightful