The Dangerous Rise of Contaminated Weed | High Society 

'its the same if alcohol was illegal, people just want to relax with a shandy, but end up drinking moonshine' wise guy

When a drug dealer is saying his stuff is bad that's when you know...

Stuff like this highlights the fact that prohibition often endangers more people than it protects. Weed is not very dangerous, but when you make it illegal, all you really do is make it unregulated, and prevent ethical growers from being able to operate effectively. People may start off with decent intentions, but when their competition is with dealers who sell spiked weed it’s hard to get a client base, especially when that base has a high tolerance as a result of their spike consumption. Legalization = Regulation = Public safety. It’s really that simple.

Riding around with no tint with a ski mask on with kilos of weed in the car lol

why does banks walk and look like a gta online character

Respect for being transparent like that.

At this point growing your own is becoming the only option. Even in the US there's issues with legal sources being too expensive and questions about contamination with chemicals and additives.

Respect for this dude. A good dude wrapped up in a way of life but never lost his morals

This dealer is honestly a sweetheart for telling people about what they are really smoking, I hope he never gets in trouble

“If you do it professionally nothing can go wrong” proceeds to walk out in the open with a bag of weed and bright white ski mask on.

This just proves the point that just because they sell drugs doesn't make them inherently evil he seems more of a genuine and morally good person than any government official that I've ever seen

I'm impressed with how well vice has become kind of trusted by the people in the drugs trade that they even allow a camera into their most secret of places. I can't see any other news agency like the BBC or cnn even getting close to the kind of people vice gets to interview.

Legalized and regulated is good but this is also why laws should allow people to grow their own 👍

Huge respect to him.... He came across very well.

That's an introspective man. Love that he had the balls to do this. Thanks Vice.

Honestly the perspective this guys has makes me really sad, but it’s also a beautiful thing. This is someone who truly understands the cost of things.

The part about a wasted youth...I felt that.

13:23 "Raising your living standard is easy. Dropping it again not so easy." Dealer spitting facts

I started dealing at 14, now at 21 I can truly relate to what he's saying, you eventually touch real money and realize its all a facade, and you learn it quick. its crazy how much you give up for that life style, I relate to everything he said in the end. time flies when youre dealing, the last seven years ive experienced so much but I wasted basically my entire youth doing this, fourteen year old boys used to want to be pilots or footballers, now they all want to drive a Mercedes, fat bundles of cash, kilos in the trunk and a couple of girls alongside. in principle I live the life that is for young people the mainstream ideal, I'm doing well, I have the perfect life, a lot of money, parties, fast cars, but money isn't everything. I couldn't later sit in my folks home, look in the mirror and say, yes I lived my life properly.

I'm convinced the underground American weed market is the same. Before legalization in Michigan some times my highs were a little scary and sometimes they were great. After legalization I've never really had a bad high.

If weed were completely legal and regulated then contamination wouldn't be an issue.

I hope this dude got out safe Despite his decisions His morals are still calling him home

It’s so brave of him to come forward with this. I hope he can safely get out of the game and live a wonderful, fulfilling, normal and calm life.

That is very scary. I remember people always used to claim that some weed was cut with small amounts of heroin, which I always thought made sense, since there was that risk of the person becoming addicted, ensuring they became a rewritten customer.

An honest drug dealer... hard to come by

So true when he said kids used to want to be pilots and footballers and nowadays all they want to do is trap

Wish this video was longer. Need more content like this Vice!

Much Love for this man ❤ I pray you’ll find your way out and live the life you dream of ❤️ Hugs 🤗😘

Looks like he is beginning to listen to his conscience.

When a drug lord had more compassion than the US Government

I can say UK's weed is 100% laced, it's crazy strong, I have also smoked weed in Netherlands and it was weak in comparison to UK's weed

This weed here in the U.S. is not the same from the 90s. I see people smoking blunts 5 to 6 times a day. Probably the same contaminated weed is flowing here. And literally everyone smokes it.

those chemicals wouldn't exist if weed was never made illegal

that plug’s fits are fresh af

100 percent accurate. Here in sweden most if not all weed is laced with glassfiber to make it look like crystals. And much albanian marijuana sprayed with chemicals.Or just weak weed laced with glassfiber and chemicals to make it look better than it is.And to kick in like its some super-potent weed. I always used to wonder when i was smoking what the f**k happend to the weed the past 3-4 years. I got too high every time. Not like legal marijuana/not laced marijuana. I can handle getting too high. But this is something else.Always got a really bad high and had trouble breathing. And felt a much stronger physical addiction.Even though every high was pure torture, i had this strong urge.And i worry that most daily smokers in scandinavia and the rest of the world have no idea what they are smoking. Or the effects these chemicals have on your body and lungs. And turning casual every now and then smokers into real addicts. And they dont even know it.

When you get hooked on synthetic cannabinoids dont think you can just go back to normal real pot. When hooked normal pot won't do anything for you, barely makes your eyes red, no high what so ever. They only thing that will curb the withdrawals is either more synthetic cannabinoids or a good amount of time staying sober. Getting hooked to synthetic cannabinoids is horrible. You will not sleep unless you take a puff. You will fall sleep for about 20-30min and wake up needing another puff. Your stomach hurts so bad, you won't eat unless you have the synthetics, when you don't have it you have bad head aches and dry heave constantly to the point you will drink water just to be able to throw up something instead of constant dry heaves. Don't get me wrong.... Stay clean and stay away from Synthetics for a year and you should be back to normal if the synthetics haven't destroyed your body and mind. I'm in the USA, back in 2006ish it became popular for people on supervised probation because they didn't have test yet to determine if you ingested synthetics. After about one week of smoking g that stuff I was hooked. They only reason I got off was because after a few years of this stuff in gas stations shelfs became illegal and you couldn't find it in stores. Then people started selling it on the street and it just worse and worse the more they changed the chemicals to skirt the laws. This stuff is just as addictive as any opioid including fentynal. If they didn't outlaw this crap I would dead or in a nursing home with brain damage. Please stay safe. Buy weed from dispensaries if you can or grow your own. But after watching this video it looks like it's hard totekl the difference between fake weed and real weed. Fake weed doesn't smell like real weed, it has a chemical smell not like that pungent skunk smell real weed has. If real weed is sprayed with synthetics then then real weed smell with cover up the synthetic chemical smell and flavor. Please stay safe everyone.

That's really sick. Taking a perfectly good plant and spraying crap on it.

When a dealer cares more than the government is when u know u messed up

As someone who use to be in the game it has changed a lot since I got out. Since regulation the price has dropped dramatically and a lot of my fellow hustlers left the business and now just grow for themselves. I am so thankful as a Canadian I have never run into fake cannabinoids or tainted product for the most part. Sure back in the day you might have gotten a dime bag that was sprayed with windex or dunked in water to increase weight. But that was usually your nickle and dime dealer selling to someone who didn't know what they were doing. The kid has a good head on his shoulders so I hope he found a new game. Here's to hoping that the German's can properly regulate and get tainted weed out of the market.

Its sad 😢. Its the same even here in Southern Africa, I’m from Zambia 🇿🇲 and this is the same laced up weed that’s on the streets. May God bless this dealer, i hope he came out clean.

I like the spin towards the end, where it's really about the dealer confronting how he wasted his youth to obtain the new dream of fast money, etc. Could almost be a biopic on him

The subtitles are hard to read when there’s all white backgrounds

As a senior, I grow my own here in the PNW and have done so since it became legal. I also grow many other herbs for making my own medicines and never take pharmaceuticals and haven't been to an allopathic doctor in 25 years. Cannabis is, in my opinion, a wonderful medicine for seniors and growing your own is the sure-fired way to avoid tainted weed. I would suggest to folks who want to have good quality weed is to grow your own even where it may be illegal for the sake of your health and wellbeing.

There was a spice ”epidemic” in sweden a couple of years ago. Ppl, specially young, were hospitalized on the regular, some even died. I think ppl have realized the dangers of spice now, it’s not as common

Legalization easily solves this problem Especially in Germany the drug politics are extremely bad, not even allowing legal drug checking. There's no chance of knowing what's in your substances. A famous statement of our former "Drogenbeauftragte" (drug commissioner): Cannabis ist verboten, weil es illegal ist. (Cannabis is forbidden, because it's illegal)

It's crazy scary hearing about how many people are addicted to this stuff. Like when one of the guy says, "They're addicted to it. They demand it. They want the toxic stuff."

Eye opening information, how can the average dude tell the difference between good weed and tainted weed. Edit. I have smoked for more than 30 years and this has got me reconsidering

This is why I promote home growing so heavily. It's crazy that marijuana is more legal today yet somehow has become more dirty. It was safer when it was illegal, without the trust fund baby growers.

“my boy gets his stuff from cali”

This is why I wanna grow my own cannabis one day

I wish I could quit this stuff people dont talk about how addictive it really is especially if you have mental health and it helps

guy was using that FBI phone I can'ttttt 🤣🤣😭😭

Finally, someone wearing face covering properly.

I love the German sense of humor. "How many years of prison are in this car?"

yo that was such a good documentary. as if alluding ot the fact that what weed takes from u in life is really a lot about your identity and how you live your life relating to weed after. a bit of a dark hole

Vice is back to the old ways and im feeling it

I remember when I was a kid and we were tripping thinking people were lacing our pot, now it’s actually happening. They just need to legalize it world wide...

this is why I am going to start growing my own. I can grow it all organic, and I know exactly what is going into it and what is coming out of it. my wife was uncertain but I am keeping it to 1-2 plants and hiding them in the herb garden.

Say whatever you want about Banks but hes one of the nicest and wisest plugs germany has ever seen.

this guy might be the chillest dude i’ve ever seen

It hits different when you’re holding a blunt while watching this

This is one of the reasons I think everyone should be able to LEGALLY GROW THEIR OWN CANNABIS!

He seems so chill,he knows what hes doing

This is why I love Canada. Grow homegrown organic buds legally... I can't believe Germany being so liberal doesn't legalize it. Good for you man! Hopefully what you're doing saves lives.

The title alone killed my high

I love how honest he is

Spraying spice on good weed is like coating a perfectly cooked steak in raw chicken

Even our humble beautiful weed....is now being contaminated by profit and violence....what is happening to us.

This guys a hero, finally someone comes forward about this drug dealing is so romanticized in today's culture, its almost ridiculous. The money, the fame, the girls, the life, etc its not true! its just stupid and violent as well as a complete waste of time. Sure you can make decent non-taxed money, but don't chase money, chase your dreams. life is way to short. I found all this out the hard way, growing up and selling drugs (weed, cocaine, xanax & acid) as a teenager ended with me in jail and the friends and respect I made along the way? That went right out the window along with many other potential aspects of my life, like my dream of joining the air force. Anyways, rant over, take care ppl

Thanks for sharing.

was smoking one night, and all of a sudden a striking excruciating pain in my whole mouth and tongue and palate and neck hit, i couldn't speak or drink or eat for days and the residual pain is still there 2 years later, it' still mostly unbearable every day to stay alive in that state with this soaring pain in my nervous system that is 24/7, i can never sleep

Legalise the ting!

Damn, I’ve smoked these strains before. Now I wonder if my weed has been compromised. Much respect to Banks for following his moral compass and informing us.

When you know you gunna be on camera to day so you put on your good mask 😂

A good person can make bad decisions, Banks. You did good, and hopefully many people lived because of the good you did. You have my respect brother ☮

Nothing shady at all about meeting a guy in a ski mask in a parking garage...

Just to be clear people, the part where the subtitles said “wasted his youth” is wrong, he said “spent his youth” not wasted.

I was a heavy cannabis user for about 20 years. I finally quit about 8 months ago. It just made me feel worse the more I smoked. Within weeks off quiting I got better. Cognitive function got better. My motivation went way up. Also it was nice having a few hundred dollars in my wallet every month instead of caked up lungs. I was also worried about how it was grown. I imagined how unethical the growers probably were. One day I might grow my own if it were ever legalized in my area.

It's a damn shame you can't even roll up a doob and take a toke to chill without being worried if it's laced.

Das sollte sich die gute Frau Drogen Beauftragte mal anschauen. Thema Jugendschutz und so. Legalisierung jetzt!

I think you should add “Germany” to the title to prevent thousands of Facebook moms here in America from sending this link to their kids

“how many years in prison is here in this car right now?” *blinks nervously*

It’s only dirty because responsible people aren’t legally allowed to grow it, leaving only these bad actors to do it.

luckily there’s a super easy way to avoid all this called legalization

it really hits at the end when he talks about hes life and choices... it really makes you think where this world is going😔

When i'm driving around my town I usually like to go unnoticed by wearing my white balaclava aswell 🤦‍♂️

It's a huge convenience that the miracle plant has so much stigma and bad rep surrounding it, almost as if a great effort is being applied to keep it scheduled, and to never allow its potential to be realized

Not as anonymous as Banksy walking around town in a white balaclava like albino special forces 😂

I can't imagine driving around in broad daylight with a Balaklava on my head, and not expecting to be pulled over 😂.

that young mans story is going to be amazing, any chance if an update on him/this story?

I live in germany. Thank you for bringing awareness to this Issue!

Why is no one talking about how sick the guy’s style is?

This is the best content vice has posted in years

Gotta grow your own friends . Isn’t difficult , can be budget friendly , it is super satisfying, and you get to utilize the whole plant vs whatever the dealer gives . Dealer being either the government or That guy you know.

This is why it’s important to decriminalize drugs. So it can be managed and tested legally. And instead of throwing people in jail giving them options for recovery.

I’ve been growing my own for the past 20 years nothing but dirt water and bud

Plot twist: He’s moving to a different country to sell better Cannabis and exposing the German scene to kill the competition after his leave.

This dealer is a true chaotic good alignment

Thailand already free. No more hide and pesticide for intake. We can grow 100% organic at home. Price on the street is drop significantly. People now can have choice to buy it legally. I use it by baking with bread or cookies for full sleep at night without worry on pesticide.

Not all heros wear capes 👏