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County lines is the practice of inner-city criminal gangs coercing vulnerable adults and children (often as young as 12) to carry and sell drugs to market and coastal towns in the UK.
There are more than 2,000 of these drug routes across the country, producing over a billion dollars in profits a year.
In 2022, the Children’s Society estimated that more than 46,000 teenagers were being groomed (in some cases, kidnapped and raped) into selling drugs. These kids are made to skip school and sleep in a drug den for prolonged periods without their family's knowledge.
Despite these kids being victims of trafficking, under the Modern Slavery Act, they’re often still charged with weapon offenses, which they arm themselves with as protection against addicts and opposing gangs.
If you know or suspect someone is involved in drug running, you can find help here:
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/
www.stgilestrust.org.uk/
High Society
The War on Drugs has been won. By drugs. They’re everywhere.
Many of them are new, and they’re all more potent.
Society is altering chemicals, and chemicals are altering society back, creating new drug scenes - some funny, some bizarre, some terrifying.
Drugs on TV usually mean criminals getting busted or addicts in recovery. But this series is about the cultures and people that have grown around the substances.
High Society will show you how drugs are shaping our world.
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@VICE 7 месяцев назад

¿Quieres ver el video en español? Haz clic en el botón de configuración para cambiar la pista de audio. Want to watch this in Spanish? Head over to the settings button to change the audio track.

@tukin5575 4 месяца назад

The translation is good although it looks like a machine but it is okay

@nocapshi4532 2 месяца назад

😮😮😮😮😮

@Epigrafe_garyibanez Месяц назад

Sorprendente 👽

@JosueRamos-hr8hn 16 дней назад

🎉

@gouni-maemontgomery8428 Год назад

"I chose to give up on myself ... I was the problem 18 years ago; I'm now part of the solution." The amazing benefits of getting your life back. I respect Nequela Whittaker.

@srspower Год назад

If she wanted to actually be aspirational to young people in that position she would have set herself up running a business or getting a great job not grifting off the corpse of her old life.

@jonslg240 Год назад

*I love how naive she is, thinking that kids caught moving drugs shouldn't face consequences for it would help the situation. More kids would be enticed to do it knowing they can just claim they were forced to. The kids caught would just go back to doing it as well. She plays on people's naivety by portraying every teenage drug runner as a victim being forced, pretending as if the majority of them aren't willing participants and using a couple stories to back that up. Vice has gotten sad over the years. They used to provide in-depth unbiased coverage when they were journeyman TV, but now all they are is a propaganda machine.*

@jonslg240 Год назад

She even readily admits she was a willing participant while trying to portray everyone else as not being.

@mag-7924 Год назад

@@jonslg240 why not just write im from the home counties and leave it at that

@MigraineBuddy420 Год назад

@@jonslg240 I'm assuming you think kids can consent too.

@voteZDLR Год назад

I never even thought about it that way. These dealers are approaching kids like "Here, I'll give you $10 thousand dollars if you just look after my bag for a few hours." and inside the bag are drugs, knives, and various other forms of contraband. They then send their "boys" to rob you and all of a sudden they're like "Hey, I thought you were supposed to be looking after my bag? That bag was worth $3 thousand dollars. How are you gonna pay me back?" and then their boys simply give the products back to the dealer and then they've tricked these kids into having to work a debt off that in truth will never be repaid. They enslave kids in this way.

@RJ-wx3fh Год назад

Even the gifts, 'cant your mum get you lunch for school? here take £20, can't buy trainers? I'll get you a pair, don't worry about the price' kinda stuff seems pretty common to get them in. I'd imagine they can then call back the debt if the kid won't agree to run drugs etc. I also don't get how someone scratching themselves apart from withdrawal can always seem to find a dealer who's holding, but the police can't. I can't imagine it would take much of a reward per conviction to get users turning in dealers, from there they could use longer mandatory sentences to go after the higher levels with plea bargains.

@markogaudiosi5243 Год назад

Why did tou wrote the exact same conversation we all saw on the video?

@scottthompson5800 Год назад

You been watching top boy

@voteZDLR Год назад

@@markogaudiosi5243 If you can't comment on the subject matter of the video in the comments section I don't know where you can. That's like begrudging someone for farting in a bathroom. If not there, then where? Get over it.

@nothanks9050 Год назад

@@RJ-wx3fh It's not a question of reward for turning someone in, it's knowing what punishment will happen to you and your family if you do.

@lancelaws6128 Год назад

Interviewer deserves a pay rise for this. The passion and desire to help the kids is self evident.

@arcan762 Год назад

Like how she helped junkies get their fix?

@wizkaqueefa9003 Год назад

@@arcan762 Jewpacabra, Eatadick

@lancelaws6128 Год назад

@@arcan762 Did you watch the documentary? I'm talking about her now, not her past. People change.

@erickzendejas8706 Год назад

@@lancelaws6128 qq

@e.t.2230 Год назад

YAAAAA lance

@360Fov Год назад

Vice is top dog. The way that kid with the knife said 'thank you' when she said she hopes he can get out... he said it like he rarely hears any words of support.

@joemomma6317 Год назад

Fr I noticed that too

@Nocturn4lAnim4L Год назад

They used to be top dog

@bipolaryx Год назад

@@Nocturn4lAnim4L who's at the top now ?

@Nocturn4lAnim4L Год назад

@@bipolaryx idk they fucked over Andrew for all gas no brakes and all of the important good series have been discontinued or canceled it feels like they’ve lost the spirit of what made them unique now there just basically an edgy buzzfeed

@JRsmith. Год назад

Lol top propaganda. Vice is not even a shell of what it once was.

@LUCiFER-LYNN Год назад

You can feel the heartbreak and saddness in the hosts face for that first young man she interviewed.

@MrJamiez Год назад

LOL

@mrgaming659 Год назад

He’ll be in custody soon after doing this the muppet

@justjack3075 Год назад

You realize these are all actors right?

@tamimi9231 Год назад

@@justjack3075 Perhaps, but it still doesn't defeat the point.

@wildy59 Год назад

BE AWARE! The Hells Angels and Bloods alliance heads are having talks while you are reading this about their monopole in North America. They want to eradicate the Tai Huen Chai, know as the big circle, and the 14K in the continent. The goal is to overtake all of their activities in the territory. According to their plans, they will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Sun Yee On for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by early 2024. If everything goes as planned, the Hells Angels and the Bloods will help the Sun Yee On to continue the Tai Huen Chai and the 14K hunt in Asia. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what the members having close ties with the Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some had already start moving to the targeted main operation areas and had been told that it is safe to because the Tai Huen Chai and 14K members are weak and stupid, rat like beings. They have to get the job done by any means, even if mass killing is needed. If you are involved tell you comrades about what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and their fall!!!!

@AwokenEntertainment Год назад

this style of documentary is why I started watching Vice so many years ago

@vix_health_fitness Год назад

Yup they’re back!

@reachrightround3659 Год назад

Don’t lie u looked up teenagers u weirdo

@cassanateli Год назад

@@vix_health_fitness Do you guys even watch Vice? They never stopped doing content like this

@ChrisM-bn5vr Год назад

Yeah they have been making a come back for the past couple of years.

@ChrisM-bn5vr Год назад

@@cassanateli Idk around 2014-2018 the content dropped in quality, they had less cool documentaries like this a lot of crap documentaries.

@Beauweir Год назад

That first guy was different because he was from a war zone. He probably has undiagnosed PTSD and then came to the UK where he learnt the language and the culture of gangs. He is especially vulnerable in not knowing a way out or even a childhood where things were different.

@tomhunt9174 Год назад

for real...

@chilliewhk Год назад

The true horror of never having lived peacefully.

@paparoach007 Год назад

If all you see day in day out is a war zone, it doesn't matter where you escape too, it'll always follow you until you get out of that cycle. It's sad that these kids are easily groomed in to a life of crime which may get them and/or their families killed or locked up. I had 2 friends that used to live in London, I live up North in Manchester and sometimes I'd travel down South or they would come up to me, they were both killed in 2016 from an unprovoked knife attack from a gang in South London. I later found out one of them was involved in a gang, looking at him you would never of thought it because he looked too innocent and bubble-wrapped from his parents, a massive error of judgement on my part. The other lad was more streetwise and knew how to get drugs, as far as I know he wasn't involved in gangs but was stabbed to death for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I miss them both greatly and I feel bad for their families. RIP Jamie and Chris.

@ibrahimozturk7 Год назад

@@paparoach007 RIP Jamie and Chris

@NoName-pd8pu Год назад

@@paparoach007 Sorry for your loss. Losing a good friend is like losing a close sibling.

@Debthouse Год назад

The host is incredible. So much respect for her and her efforts. I wish I could help somehow. Children do not deserve this.

@hellrazor117 Год назад

Some of the things she said had the gears in the young drug dealers head turning. It was clear even under his mask he was conflicted. You can tell she's not just a good social worker but knows the trade in and out. There's never a better time to walk away then now.

@MS-tc2fs Год назад

🍏🍏C I A likely still runs the “substance” trade. They nurtured these groups in the 70s/80s and today the exact same parallels are seen in the characteristics of these groups.

@Vfulncchl Год назад

than*

@wizkaqueefa9003 Год назад

@@MS-tc2fsTHEY ALSO DIRECTLY SOLD 1,000s OF KILOS OF COKE TO L.A. /CALIFORNIA GANGS (Look up Freeway Rick).

@queenbee7293 Год назад

Yup over 700 days clean and sober for me..

@Prestonhlt Год назад

4:13 "Can you see yourself out of this lifestyle?" "Ye...ye...yeeahh..." the way he stuttered. Like you said, clear conflict with the kid

@BobbyTMF Год назад

She is a fantastic journalist, she asked great questions and pushed the police. I’m happy she got out the life and found her passion helping youth and working in journalism

@Rainydawg Год назад

The interview with the mother is heartbreaking. All she wanted was to take care of her son, and someone took that away from her. There are always more victims to this mess than anyone could imagine. Families are grieving over lost children, friends are searching for their missing mates, communities are losing kids with huge potentials. This cycle needs to end, and these people enslaving kids are bottom of the barrel, disgusting criminals.

@e.t.2230 Год назад

All happening in white parts of Europe too and its BAD and SAD

@jn.r Год назад

@@e.t.2230 wdym “white parts” of Europe

@e.t.2230 Год назад

@@jn.r maintained areas of good blokes!!

@jn.r Год назад

@@e.t.2230 so everyone who isn’t a middle class white kid in the suburbs is a bad bloke?

@justjack3075 Год назад

You realize these are all actors right?

@thegriswalds6160 Год назад

Ik how it feels I watched my primary school friends turn into ppl like this it makes me sad because they've given up

@Csbe Год назад

I love the compassion this journalist has when interviewing

@philip1966 Год назад

That might be the most emotionally moving documentary i‘ve ever seen. It‘s crazy seeing this world in which these kids get pushed into. I wish every family experiencing things like this only the best. It‘s so important to offer help to the victims of these schemes

@gurumayne8684 Год назад

Its not even a doc....but if you wanna watch a REAL doc , watch Dark End Of The Street. orrr Slippin 10 years With The Bloods

@philip1966 Год назад

@@gurumayne8684 thanks for the recommendation dude, i‘ll definitely keep it in mind!

@gurumayne8684 Год назад

@@noellaveruna7464 wtf

@frotsch9495 Год назад

You could see in the conversation with the first lad, that in the end he really thought about what the reporter said. He thought about it... i hope he gets out of that business and has a great life.

@anomalousproductions3747 Год назад

I live in London as a student but I’m familiar with the surrounding countryside. One particular incident will always stand out to me. I visited a neighbouring town about half-an-hour’s train ride away with a friend of mine. The atmosphere in the historical town centre was perfectly standard, with lots of shops, tourists and visitors milling about. When me and my friend left to find a McDonalds further into the outskirts of the town, the atmosphere totally changed. It was obvious that outside the touristy centre, the town was poor. It was dominated by council houses and we stood out like sore thumbs with our backpacks and shopping bags. We bought food in the McDonalds and walked quite far into the council estate to find a park to sit in. The entire walk there we got weird looks from every, single, person, that we walked past. Curtains were quite literally twitching and very quickly we became uncomfortable. We kept seeing the same individuals pass by time and time again, often younger teenagers (14-15) walking in pairs, constantly glancing at us. Eventually we decided to do the smart thing and turn around, but we were being tailed by a pair of kids and a red Volkswagen the entire walk back to the centre. At the train station, we saw a teen girl (15 or so), in a grey tracksuit, freaking out and shouting at the British Transport Police by the ticket gates. She was demanding to be released but they had her in handcuffs. Outside the station, an older guy in his 20s was on the phone, and he seemed super freaked out, pacing up and down and glancing at the girl. Me and my mate left the town ASAP. Took us a couple days before we released that we likely stumbled upon a hub for county lines out of London. It was pretty shocking. I grew up in relative rural poverty but never expected to return to somewhere like that. The atmosphere was super uncomfortable and I’d never return. It’s crazy how historical tourist centres are often run-down drug lines towns as soon as you reach the council housing estates on the outskirts .

@davinchy4159 Год назад

In what year did this happen?

@paparoach007 Год назад

Historical, run-down drug line towns are a perfect setting-up point for these criminals, these are the places the police need to investigate more and hopefully disrupt the drug trafficking and gang activity. They may already be doing that but not doing enough to stop them I can't say without more research on it.

@Quincycle Год назад

Why would you walk into the middle of an estate to eat McDonald's?

@full700kb Год назад

@@Quincycle Because it would be fine in any other country to do so. Yes, even India. It is just the UK and NL where you need to worry about your health doing so.

@Prestonhlt Год назад

Conversation with the officer from Kent, I think he's definitely right to disagree that it's not that absolute about the knife charges. I know some kids who happily walked into a violent life at a young age. There is a seriously fine line between being a coerced victim and a willing participant. I know when i was a kid, i was conscious of the idea that my friends are pressuring me into doing something immoral, but i was also happily willing to participate (nothing crazy. Shoplifting, fights etc). In the conversations after the fact, I'm also very conscious of the fact that i can tell the story as a coerced victim, and also tell the story as a willing participant. It's just a fine line.

@Gobbldeegoo1 Год назад

That’s because people are products of their environment. People think they can just deny their own biology. People don’t want to accept that it’s our socioeconomic system that facilitates the conditions for industries like a black market drug trade, encourages drug use to cope with brutal economic conditions, and causes millions of ‘deaths by despair’. Your resistance isn’t futile, but it’s an obstacle every single day, every single step, as long as you’re trapped in that environment. For example: Without that specific group of friends, and in a more structured and community driven environment, would you have been shoplifting and fighting or engaged in other activities instead?*

@Ray-hw4ig Год назад

@@Gobbldeegoo1 so now your justifying their crimes because of how they grew up. No one put a gun to their head and unless they were coerced they are criminals. My daddy is in jail and my mom is an addict is not an excuse

@PlaySA Год назад

@@Ray-hw4ig Both blue bird and Sean Jones are correct, their beliefs aren't counter to each other. Being extremely disadvantaged drastically raises the likelihood that young people will enter a life of crime. You think it's just a coincidence that all of these people come from places like that? If they had a loving family, food on the table and good role models they almost certainly would never have ended up in the drug business. Whether that counts as a valid excuse or not is down to specific circumstances. But everyone can be susceptible in the right circumstances, and addicts ARE victims even if they fail and victimize others in turn. It doesn't exonerate them by any means, but it does explain them in many cases.

@commguy7331 Год назад

Yes please go Regan and Nader

@crzune Год назад

@@PlaySA Yup no good explaining this to the snobs who just think that the working class and underclass are in those situations out of choice. Being in a low income family with low career prospects and generations of crime, and government and police using the same failed tactics as American prohibition is the problem.

@troyarnold5090 Год назад

Your reporting was amazing. I'm glad we have vice to shine light on things that would be otherwise unknown to the rest of us not in the middle of it. Thank you so much and vice as a whole unit.

@snortymcsnortface Год назад

I understand that journalists should be as neutral as possible, but seeing someone that is that involved in the things is a really refreshing to see, her knowledge and understanding takes her really far in this piece. Great job

@PeterPan-fu4xz Год назад

Always keep an eye on you kids and watch out for change in their behaviour

@userMB1 Год назад

i'm impressed that Vice always been able to find people who are involved in crime. Makes the story more believable.

@donavonboat4472 Год назад

believable?! it’s real life

@Cloudnine2024 Год назад

Well, they could be paid actors and there is no way to tell, really.

@userMB1 Год назад

@Julius Brooker It's not just the UK clips that i'm talking about. Also south-America and Asia and stuff.

@ryanmilota2395 Год назад

Its literally free advertisement for them. The cartels LOVE showing the world their drugs. Vice gets views, cartels make money lol

@benib3311 Год назад

@Julius Brooker alie , in london most ppl i went to school with are now shotting or doin fraud . Its a different life here

@theTeknoViking Год назад

Nequela! You're amazing! We desperately need people like you here in Sweden, helping kids not end up in gangs. This is a major issue all over the country. ..And Lennox 🖤Stay strong!

@savagegtalks5912 Год назад

what? no, no, nonono... all out! All out, no longer a debate. Polisen failed, insert military now! I'm done with Swedes like you importing the enemy behind our city gates like you got a dying wish to replicate Troy in your own home city, in real time... måste Breivike slike som du.

@nequelawhittaker5182 Год назад

Thank you

@fellasbanterclub3351 Год назад

There will never be another vice. Vice is the voice of the suburbs the “norm” don’t see. Thank you to everyone at vice x

@xxalmightyxx2304 Год назад

📌

@fifiadan 9 месяцев назад

Sometimes yes but sometimes they are woke and annoying

@xxxthe_poop_banditxxx4374 6 месяцев назад

@@fifiadanfacts the old vice was good now it’s 50/50

@RichieDuprey Год назад

You are a legend, Nequela - an absolute blessing for these young people. I hope some of them, having talked to you, or through watching this, can now see a way out. A shame on the police, justice system and government for failing these kids. You made some of these young people stop in their tracks and think for a second. That lifestyle makes the world around you race and you don't often get the chance to think. May the wind always be at your back, you wonderful person.

@chilliewhk Год назад

The real sadness for me is how just one decent and empathetic person can have such an impact on these kids. They all deserve so much better 😔

@pandemicentitlements5198 Год назад

Incredible investigative journalism -- deeply moving, introspective and cohesive throughout. Award? Nice job Nequela Whittaker and Vice!!

@djjoeray Год назад

This is superbly covered through the lens of Nequela Whittaker - being a youth worker the attitude is much richer than pure journalism. This is definitely what vice should be about.

@n00dles79 Год назад

You do really important work for your community and it makes a difference. Really well put together and really emotionally raw. Keep it up.

@lazry8389 Год назад

She did a great job with the questions, props to her, good work!

@bonk5207 Год назад

Brilliant journalism, thank you Vice

@lastbraincell8606 Год назад

Amazing documentary. It really views both sides. I look forward to seeing more of these educational documentaries on issues that are not spoken about in our society. It’s our responsibility to educate ourselves and make the change.

@mikeei954 Год назад

Well put this was a great documentary and her insight into it gave it real depth that i dont think anyone else could capture.

@nathanwilliams2952 Год назад

We need to start doing our jobs as parents. Developing good relationships with them, setting boundaries and more importantly give less freedom. How can a 10-15 year old just be going places and their parents don't know where they are.

@nathanwilliams2952 Год назад

@@BENNY-THE-DOG I understand that what you are saying and it’s true. But think about this, how can a 10 year old just go on a bus into the country side without his parents knowing, a ten year old for crying out loud. That’s caused by lack of parental supervision and there is no doubt about it.

@crystalsplace7163 Год назад

They parents are probably at work and their lock key kids.

@joshy420 Год назад

The host on this really made this doc because she has just the right level of insight. Its inspiring to see good film making

@RW-yg1lp Год назад

vice always delivering some real stuff. cheers.

@fernandomarquez3131 Год назад

The facts, hurrah for VICE news for your work and dedication to growing problems in modern society

@jamesjuls214 Год назад

Fantastic real journalism well done 👍🏾 and well done for getting out of the trap and turning your life around

@theclipsgoat Год назад

vice are really back I haven’t watched this many recent videos for a long time love it

@clearclipss8530 Год назад

Im loving these old skool vice episodes. Takes me back to the original point of it all!

@sarina5352 Год назад

It's sooo easy for people to judge others and then contribute nothing to the world to make it a better place. No one should judge as to what people go through especially those coming from war torn countries. Its not easy but yes with support and help they can come out of that hell life. The girl is absolutely amazing, a real hero making difference because she was once there so she truely understand others in that situation. Thank you so much Vice again for an amazing documentary. ❤️

@k_j_n1242 Год назад

💯💯💯 I agree, if you've got something to say, put your money where your mouth is! Do something to actively help the situation. Not just talking.

@KingDomsKingdom85 Год назад

This sickens me to my stomach, anyone "recruiting" youngsters wants locking up and the key throwing away. Teenagers believe they are grown up but they definitely don't understand the consequences of their actions, I was a teenager once and my brain wasn't developed enough to know the reality of the world and how bad it can be. Any teenagers out there who find themselves in this horrific situation move away from your area, start again and keep your head down. It may seem impossible but I promise you that it isn't.

@Kaiyats Год назад

The problem is prohibition if we just regulated most drugs and IDd for them and sold with with warning labels as well as providing education on how to use them properly we would solve ALL OF THIS. Obviously Crack and heroin is a different ball game but drugs like Cannabis MDMA, Mushrooms, LSD, Cocaine etc why should there be so much violence and death through unregulated productions. MDMA by itself if taken in correct doses is perfectly harmless aside from the potential neurotoxicity from using it too much but education and regulation would solve this issues.

@joebloggs4925 Год назад

@@Kaiyats the neurotoxicity isn't even proven g fr

@aye3678 Год назад

They deserve the absolute worst.

@cosmicfreeway 9 месяцев назад

@@Kaiyatsfacts

@user-vn1di4oq4w Год назад

"If that stabs somebody...theres not much hope in these situations" . Amazing observation. "wow....wow..." AMAZING journalism

@bumbadabimbap2335 Год назад

Vice absolutely killing it in the UK atm… BIG UPS

@keulenbauer9463 Год назад

Absolutely!

@lauralishes1 Год назад

Yes! Thank you Vice for exposing the "Diversity is our strength." Said by some dumb clown who has ruined London.

@eggman5436 Год назад

"the wolf you feed is the wolf that's the strongest" i love that!

@eggman5436 Год назад

@@Uweisr if it's not blue i don't want it

@ringo4994 Год назад

Yeah this is what needs to be shown on our TVs I’m loving this and wishing I could go back in time

@alnabulsi313 Год назад

"I was the problem" No no. They were the victim. The problem is the recruiters. 👏 cheers for making the best out of a bad situation, the way they turned their life around is amazing

@RastaMuffin21 Год назад

No no, the the problem is the society they grow up in that forces to feel like they aren’t able to do anything other than deal drugs and trap others in the same cycle as them.

@MayurPanghaal Год назад

Respect for the gentleman giving the kids life lessons at the end. Lennox is a good man. He did his time

@prodbymbrewer8002 Год назад

These are the kind of vids we wanna see. Big up vice

@delvingoddard2359 Год назад

Great videos and i would like to see more of these videos and longer. Thanks for uploading. 🙏🙏🙏

@texastoast5202 Год назад

Any drug addict can TOTALLY understand the desperation, fear, feeling trapped and hopelessness

@shaagaknowsyou5295 Год назад

No one should have any sympathy for a bottom dwelling junkie

@shimmyshamm Год назад

I love the way she passionately advocated for the children and challenged the police officer. The police have so much learning to do.

@Toroidalzpe Год назад

They’re in on it, how do you think it gets in the country? (freemasonry...)

@neo5924 Год назад

Fr… they need to stop chasin’ gd citizens who carry guns nd start goin’ to real criminals. Like the fuckers from the documentary

@wcaboutre355 Год назад

Great journalist. In addition to an interview into the insight of this lifestyle, she showed that she cared about him. Very touching.

@PawgSlayer Год назад

You mean unprofessional, a good journalist is supposed to uncover and lay out the facts of a story. They NEED to be unbiased and only care about truth. Dont give me some sob story about what u feel.

@luljay4264 Год назад

@@PawgSlayer but when other bru named Chris was doin it, it was good journalism, let her do her thang. I like her style. And Chris’ style as well.

@wcaboutre355 Год назад

@@PawgSlayer I feel like you are a depressed person lashing out at the world. Go find a hug.

@PawgSlayer Год назад

@@wcaboutre355 ur right i am depressed that ur mom is too sore from last night. She gave me the loosest hug ive ever felt.

@wcaboutre355 Год назад

@@PawgSlayer Your klan hood is so tight around your head you killed off the few remaining brain cells you had.

@Elliot-qc1gx Год назад

Defining criminal exploitation in law could have the opposite effect - if children cannot be prosecuted they could be more desirable to criminals; more easily exploitable; less of a risk. Just a thought. Thoroughly enjoyed this doc particularly the part showing the extraordinary work of the charity. Very moving

@randomguy2809 Год назад

I love the excited and friendly drug dog at the beginning of the video who's just happy to be seeing new places and making new friends, wagging his tail as he helps his friends find what they lost. Who's a good boy?

@shavonne9770 Год назад

Astounding journalism thank you for sharing your story and the many others that are all part of this underground economy

@olefella7561 Год назад

The fact that we get free documentaries on RU-vid by VICE is truly a gift 👍👍👍

@emperorofpluto Год назад

In the 1990s when I was in active addiction used to drive almost two hours to Cabramatta in Sydney's West to buy heroin. The Vietnamese gangs used to employ teenagers to sell heroin because they wouldn't do time or get a record since they were minors. They were all good kids and a helluva lot easier to get along with than adults, plus they were honest. Still remember one day in particular one guy gave me an extra quarter gram if I let them watch me shoot up (so I did in the stairwell of a block of flats with four kids _in their school uniforms_ watching wide eyed). *Those days seem surprisingly innocent in comparison to nowadays.*

@Thatdudewiththedogs Год назад

Sheeeesh, that’s a pretty crazy story. Good imagery.

@doostindoostin Год назад

Damn I live near bankstown, and i remember my dad told me his friend from highschool (my family friend) used to go to cabramatta and buy heroin. i didn't know about the hierachy and chain they had. Thank you for this story man, I hope you're sober now.

@emperorofpluto Год назад

@@doostindoostin Thanks for your kind words. Had a few relapses and currently reducing off methadone but haven't used heroin since March. Nowadays most of my old mates are dead or in prison and I'm too fkn old to bother with the kind of rubbish you get from street dealers. Back in the day Cabramatta was junkie wonderland - there was so much pure rock heroin around nobody bothered cutting it so if you weren't careful it was potentially lethal. The kids who did the selling were just normal high school kids - nothing like the nightmare scenario in this report - none of them used and they got a commission from every sale so they were motivated sellers and would give you a discount if they knew you. Good kids. What most people don't understand about addiction is it changes your neurochemistry to the point where drug seeking becomes a drive stronger than hunger, thirst or sex. It takes at least 12 months of abstinence for your brain to recalibrate and it's not easy.

@doostindoostin Год назад

@@emperorofpluto geez you got this man, may I ask what it feels like? I've always been curious and can you describe me what it was like being in cabramatta at the time?

@emperorofpluto Год назад

@@Catlily5 Pfff no. They were just curious. They gave me free heroin because they'd never seen what people did with it. These were normal high school kids in a working class area who just happened to sell heroin on the side. Humans are curious by nature. None of them used themselves or they wouldn't have been allowed to sell.

@andreaasheim6223 10 месяцев назад

god damn.... amazing work for putting those videos out :)

@unclebug35 Год назад

My mate I grew up with wanted the kingpin life that was portrayed by Hollywood/media, got in good with our dealer in hopes he could be taken under his wing. In the end he got the lifestyle he imagined, but it impacted his mental health so much he’s not the same. Don’t mess with drugs

@beefarlee Год назад

That Kent cop is a solid dude. You can tell he genuinely just wants to help people. The CJS needs to establish law on this.

@deechonada Год назад

yeah hes a legend, and to be honest their view on the matter is probably why theyve halved the county lines going to kent

@chiefsmeg7832 Год назад

This reporter is brilliant, please do more stuff!

@IAndIPlace Год назад

This is a great story to showcase, and a show of great journalism from Nequela Whittaker!

@Thebreakdownshow1 Год назад

We need more of these from VICE.

@christianterrill3503 Год назад

Is this madness ever going to end??? It's so clear the drug war it self is more dangerous and hurts society more then the drugs did. We need to make drugs legal and regulated. The cat is out of the bag there is no going back people will use drugs knowing they might die, if that isn't enough to prevent using why do we think prison is a threat that will keep people from using. It boils my blood. I lost friends and lost years of my life yo drugs all made worse due to the drug war.

@Bettinasisrg Год назад

You are absolutely correct!

@JC-lj2zq Год назад

Yep and that’s real talk. The fact the government and those in power can’t seem to understand and comprehend that frustrates me and shows how out of touch they are with the working class people. Literally all that has to be done is legalisation and taxation taking the criminal element out of it and in the snap of a finger drugs and the power offered by them are taken out of the hands of the violent criminals who run the industry. It’s so obvious but still nothing has been done. Look at the success in Portugal and other countries decriminalisation clearly works.

@stayhopeful7697 Год назад

Make drugs legal and regulated? That is the most ignorant take on a war...NO, you don't give up...you up the consequences...You don't give up in a war...You think it will just magically get better if you legalize it? No, we start bashing skulls...

@oleole1429 Год назад

@@stayhopeful7697 You Think upping the consequences is gonna work? Longer sentences doesn’t work, whether you agree or not.

@koffinkat666 Год назад

@@stayhopeful7697 You are so blind. Some of the countries that have the death penalty for drugs have THE WORST problems! NO these drugs people put in their body are their choice! You don't see people going to jail for drinking Draino right?

@jacksonwilliams6780 Год назад

This journalist is so great. Vice is back!

@Thegingerbreadm4n 11 месяцев назад

great 10/10 reporting, wanna see more of this!

@emmareilly2582 Год назад

I've been to jail as part of County lines in Norwich amd I had 3 people staying with me. I've been free 8 months amd clean for 2 yrs n won't ever go back.

@mrbarney4176 Год назад

You know my nephew sol from mile cross?

@zainhanif9558 Год назад

know anyone with food in norwich rn? looking for new plugs

@janedoe5510 Год назад

Stay strong babe 😊

@BillyT886 Год назад

Oh.

@imyourdoctor4799 Год назад

Posse

@Ma6ik Год назад

Great work, good watch!

@ZahoiN Год назад

Big power sharing your story!

@sharonreynolds62 3 месяца назад

I'm so happy you turned your life around & to help others our children are our🌏we need to change & need funding from the government not kids being buried😢😊

@jbmp1390 Год назад

The drug war itself causes far more harm, and in this case to LITERAL CHILDREN, than any of the drugs themselves or the people who use them.

@charleyjonesartist6436 Год назад

Finally a good presenter with emotions finally

@RWT9167 Год назад

Remember the guy that goes and gets spangled on bananas in Africa in different villages and I was just thinking he looks like he's judging them every second and acting robotic anyway lol

@lordbutler482 Год назад

Congratulations you have shown the whole world what you are really about 👍

@ibrahimsavass3050 Год назад

Great , absolutely great .... keep going Vice

@MidnightIam Год назад

She's really good. Liked how she questioned the officer

@kamilk6807 Год назад

Wow such a great episode. One of not too many i don't watch at 2x speed. Great lessons

@kayflip2233 Год назад

Lady: "The wolf you feed is the wolf that gets stronger innit?" Yute: "uh..." 😂

@krisbrown5471 Год назад

You ain't no idea what is going on in mental health wards and with these youths who are just barely escaping it. Drugs shouldn't cost lives.

@muhammadameenibrahim9120 Год назад

When she said thay were being recruited at the age of 12, i remembered how innocent i was at that age. Daamn!

@nikobellic9140 Год назад

true

@StoneCold_ Год назад

Facts it's grooming

@wasntanythingmuch Год назад

Over the past few years the London underworld coverage has been excellent on Vice.

@koltongill-gage5882 Год назад

I need more of this woman’s VIDEOSSS

@barrymchugh5612 Год назад

Here we go! Keep it up Vice!!

@anthonymiah3729 Год назад

Thanks Damon for your help in my teens I made them trips and took them risks Norfolk and Bristol made me go clear just to say thanks for looking after me in jail now I’m a landlord and own over 10 properties I live good I saved and invested my money in good things … praise the lord 🤩🙏🏽

@Arco961 Год назад

She really got that masked boy thinking... Good for her man hopefully he makes it out okay praying for him

@escapethetrap8196 Год назад

Hopefully we all escape the trap

@cheychey5896 Год назад

So happy for this lady for getting out of this !

@amandanegrete1306 Год назад

My opinions don’t always align with Vice by any means. I WILL watch again bc of Nequela doing the reporting. Absolutely outstanding way of interviewing LE. Asking straight to the point no BS questions while being TRULY professionally respectful. Nequela is a true asset to Vice and hope they will reporting again. I’ll keep watching for that reason.

@KussDamato Год назад

Seems like most of the journalism vice does it’s predominantly in the UK. Literally every time I see a new video vice posts, I’m like gonna be in the uk 🇬🇧

@davidz3879 Год назад

The UK is overrepresented, but it covers many countries.

@pogchampminku2535 Год назад

So? I find UK crime interesting to learn about.

@FreePalestineJahRastafari Год назад

@@davidz3879 over represented how?

@zh2266 Год назад

I find it to be the opposite. It's refreshing seeing something soo close to home. Like, I know multiple people who have been involved in this silliness years ago

@MS-tc2fs Год назад

🍏🍏C I A likely still runs the “substance” trade. They nurtured these groups in the 70s/80s and today the exact same parallels are seen in the characteristics of these groups.

@user-hx3sd1nl7b Год назад

When you spend most of your life afraid, not feeling that for the wrong reasons becomes something that’s hard to get away from.

@ginasestanovich9088 Год назад

Brilliant presenting, hope to see this on our TV,s 👏👏😍😍

@emperorofpluto Год назад

*Excellent - if shocking - reporting and a reminder that "the War on Drugs has been won - by Drugs"* A nightmarish situation that seems to be due to socioeconomic factors as well as *a self-perpetuating predatory criminal subculture.* Teenagers used to be preferred in street-level crime because they often don't do time or get a permanent criminal record if arrested. It's tragic that kids raised in low income, dysfunctional families are being exploited in so brutal a way - abuse and dysfunctional behaviour tend to be chronic and cyclical - without treatment victims often pass on their dysfunction and trauma to others. The whole entrapment, abduction and slavery aspect is beyond horrific. My heart bleeds for those kids. Kudos to the guy doing peer support. It's the best way to get a handle on recovery. *Clearly whatever policies are in force aren't working - Prohibition has turned illicit drugs into lucrative commodities.* We need to scrap old, ineffective prohibition based laws and treat drug crime as a health issue first and foremost, and in this instance focus on resolving the underlying social problems. *Legalise, educate, regulate* would be a good start. Legalising illicit recreational drugs and regulating their sale will at least remove the profit motive and hopefully break the cycle. After all, alcohol is more lethal than heroin or cocaine and more carcinogenic than tobacco and more toxic than any illicit drug yet remains cheap and socially acceptable. Fix the social problems by taxing religious institutions.

@amp4105 Год назад

I feel so bad for the anguish the parents and children must go through once theyre in it.

@chowlucasp2060 Год назад

I did these things then i was 14 years Old and it only brings you depression anxiety and ptsd im 16 now and out of everything now but i rather starve 1 week every month for 2 years than go trough that again i almost gave up on life but Got moved and found a really good freind and shes my garden Angel or something she make me wanna live

@jkrenz77 Год назад

Good for you!

@thomasgerding730 Год назад

amazing journalism

@Tedthomson98 Год назад

Nequela. What a bloody inspiration!

@nequelawhittaker5182 Год назад

Thank you

@sarahashun1180 Год назад

I saw an excellent series of documentaries on Channel 4 which broke everything down. The docs were violent and raw. A real eye opener and educational. Everything reported in this doc was discussed but there’s a lot more that hasn’t been covered. What was shown was really scary. The violence, guns such as Mac 10’s and Uzi’s. The attacks, beating and innocent people killed through association or mistaken identity. Good decent hard working families threatened and attacked because they stood up to the gangs who tried to groom their children, some unsuccessfully. Personally, I can’t see things ever improving. The cat is now out of the bag. Government cuts to policing, especially specialist policing, social and youth services etc, definitely hasn’t helped. After, seeing many of these documentaries, it’s very difficult to judge the parents and the children involved. They simply don’t get enough support or protection. Affordable housing is hard to come by, where can families move to. For many there’s no escape.

@08lecter Год назад

OK ok... And?

@gooddoggo5703 Год назад

Link? I’d like to watch that

@sarahashun1180 Год назад

@@gooddoggo5703 Hi there, I watched the docs several years ago either on C4 or C5. But I can’t remember the exact name and I don’t think it’s on their streaming site as it’s a few years old. Everybody was talking about it because it was quite graphic and a real eye opener, especially when they showed how they hid the drugs in a condom and shove it 🔝 💩. They literally filmed the whole process, Vasoline and all. They called it butt 🔌ing. 😳

@fugginrambo Год назад

That was channel 5 News when they met Crip Mack

@MsDany79 Год назад

Outstanding film. Good job with that

@drx5661 2 месяца назад

this lady is so down to earth

@dadbod4life Год назад

We NEED a law that protects these kids from prosecution. Not only for drugs, but all crimes they are charged with while working for these monsters. We need more people like Lennox Rodgers.

@splittedspark1675 Год назад

You know protecting them and not punishing them will just bring more children into it

@propergander1162 Год назад

There is already a law in place ! When they get caught they cite they have been enslaved and thus no charges are possible . This loophole is now used often to escape prosecution , not all runners are innocent . The true blame lies with the users ( who are the British society ) and the governments failure with its war on drugs . TLC is the only solution Tax Legislate Control 🤔

@LeoBlack-rp1ex Год назад

@@splittedspark1675 what do you expect? It's the goverments problem for not getting kids out of this business.

@jmb9701 6 месяцев назад

I know this is a year later, but the reason they are recruiting these kids is because they won't do time. The root cause is poverty ans no opportunity. We'd all be doing the same if we didn't have opportunity, role models or pure luck. Humans are humans, we are all built mostly the same.

@OffGridInvestor 23 дня назад

There's ALREADY laws that protect minors from a criminal record and that's the EXACT reason they HIRE teenagers to do this. How can you not know that? Here in Australia the biker gangs hire almost ALL teenagers and many of them have glocks.

@Bettinasisrg Год назад

It will never change the way drugs are now. People will always do drugs and until we take the criminality out of drugs then nothing will change!

@blakelip3 Год назад

The youth need guidance while this is a step in the right direction it’ll take more than being transparent. Without it, Vice will put out more docs like this

@dmo848 Год назад

At this age you think your invincible, nothing can touch you. Oh I remember those days.

@battyflaps5410 Год назад

One huge problem with this country is it takes SO long to get anything done. Some of these people may be dead by the time new methods and laws come into effect to protect them