How Drug Trafficking Actually Works - From Heroin to Cocaine | How Crime Works | Insider
Adi Jaffe was a crystal meth dealer in Los Angeles, purchasing his supply from local meth labs and making his way up to dealing with Mexican cartels. After leaving prison, Jaffe attained his doctorate degree in psychology. He now lectures at the University of California, Los Angeles, and runs a practice called IGNTD, which takes a unique approach to addiction recovery.
David McMillan is a British Australian former drug smuggler. He trafficked heroin through Southeast and Central Asia. He was arrested numerous times between the '80s and 2012, and he estimates he trafficked over $17 million worth of heroin internationally. He is now an author and speaker on drug-policy reform.
Pieter Tritton, a former cocaine smuggler, speaks with Business Insider about trafficking cocaine from Ecuador to Europe through a cartel connection. Tritton was arrested in Ecuador and sentenced to 12 years in one of the world's most violent and corrupt prisons.
Shaun Attwood is a former drug smuggler who ran a successful ring trafficking MDMA pills in the US in the '90s. He was arrested in 2002 and served six years in US jails. Attwood published his life story as the "English Shaun Trilogy" and talks to audiences around the UK and Europe about prison reform.
Neil Woods spent 14 years as an undercover police officer infiltrating some of the most dangerous organized-crime groups in the UK. He speaks with BI about his experience with drug-dealing gangs and how the drug market works. Woods is now a board member of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, an American nonprofit.
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00:00:00 - Crystal Meth
00:18:27 - Heroin
00:41:16 - Cocaine
00:57:21 - Ecstasy
01:16:27 - Drug Gangs
01:28:34 - Credits
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How Drug Trafficking Actually Works - From Heroin to Cocaine | How Crime Works | Insider
The first guy is like the opposite of Walter he started dealing drugs and ended up a scholar and a teacher lol
I think he was a doctor first and then became a meth dealer. He probably lost his license to practice.
@@fungustheclown666nah the guy said he got his PhD after going back to school he isn't a medical doctor but still a doctor in whatever his degree was in
Breaking Good
PhD is impressive tho.
@@josephs_parent_or_guardian that is tight
The second guy could've legit be narrating a BBC documentary about heroin and then at the end say "... so that's how I was dealing heroin" and blow everyone's mind watching.
😂
God that would be the best documentary ever. A documentary...with a TWIST!
I think it's a good piece but it does feel kinda scripted. It's too perfect.
@rouuAs a Brit, I can say there are quite a lot of people like this guy who are on the gear, Heroin isn't known as the gentleman's drug of choice for no reason. I thought the same thing to begin with, especially when he stated he would stay within the farming communities until they began to trust him, but he also said he was only usually there for a day or two ? That must be either a trusting bunch of opium farmers, or he has the ability to charm the birds down from the trees, hahaha. Although I believe he could be telling the truth, it sounds like he's done some hard core jail, and he's definitely had a lifelong addiction to the gear. Wonder if he ever met old chop chop while doing his ten in Pentridge ? Edit, I've just read up about him, he's legit.
@@fredzep01 A few days to 1 week ... given they're simple farmers often with families I guess, but not living in wealthy conditions with separate guest rooms, this made perfect sense to me. He'd stayed as long as he felt he wasn't disturbing their daily lives, then moved on to the next farmer in the same or next village, pretty much like "couch hopping", (or hammock hopping if you will), meaning he's still in and around the area for months ... the farmers are all pretty much neighbours or at least know each other to a certain degree depending on distance between their farms; if they wanted they could all come together without him and make up their minds about him. He eats, drinks, harvests, smokes, lives with them and if he can he helps them to drill a well or something ... imo he made himself very open and vulnerable by living with them for so long. Heck if I weren't nearly his age, I'd love to make that trip myself and learn about their methods from scratch. Edit: Who's "old chop chop", please?
Perhaps the best straight on no bullshit documentary on drug smuggling ever. No "moral pose" struck. Excellent.
The cop at the end was a nice touch. That said, something of the "manual" of sorts, no?
@@MadScientist267 I think that's a fair statement.
@@MadScientist267 Knowing what didn't work only counts so far.
You can tell the first gentleman is extremely smart and is very comfortable with speaking. No pauses, no um's - just clear and concise sentences. Would love to hear more stories from him.
I could listen to him for a while
Bloody shame he's a zionist
He's a piece of garbage that ruined countless lives
Some of this is editing. You can't actually be sure the camera cuts are continuous
he uses um about 20 times
The third guy: we used to hide the cocaine in tents. The ad that pops up on my youtube right then: are you looking for a new tent?
Secretly asking you to start a drug empire
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they all one of a kind
get to it whiteboy rick! 😂😂😂
Our phones are listening to us!
That first dude was absolutely awe-inspiring and I really didn’t see the comeback story happening there. I got sober in August 14, 2019. I relapsed recently and I’m struggling again but this dude just revitalized my jolt. I feel that same enthusiasm and electric energy for recovery. I also believe my life’s purpose is to help others be saved the way I was.
Congratulations this April will be 2 years for me off opiates ❤🍀🇨🇦
That's awesome brother. Hope life is treating you well, sending you my best, truly.
Good luck. On your journey..
I was going to say the same thing. 5 years sober from opiates. My life is significantly better. His story is touching.
I believe in you Randall. You got it in you to kick it for good. Believe in yourself. Stay strong, you are not alone, you got this
With the first guy, I have a friend who was arrested with a trunk full of cocaine. He turned his life around after prison and just became a licensed social worker last week. So proud of that guy!
If you haven’t already, Make sure you tell your friend you’re proud ❤❤
How long was he in prison for?
What does that have to do with the first guy?
Did you not watch his story? @StopItGarrison
In the US? Usually its a life sentence
The fact that we get such detailed and thoughtful insight into this otherwise completely obscured world is really amazing. This is the type of content that really makes the internet a better more impactful place, and I appreciate yall time and effort that went into this.
Yeah if only the internet was just this and not content that's designed to make you hate other people.
I had NO idea..... I clicked on this out of curiosity, and figured I would only last 5 minutes at most. I was transfixed. I've heard about all of this for decades, but have never actually seen it. Really enjoyed this.
The heroin dealer's demeanor and voice were pleasantly hypnotic, well played...
Same here.
This looks like such a bot comment no?
Best drama ever and it seems all factual My only question is how come this guy is still alive - drug cartels and warlords like their retribution- an eye for an eye !!
@@TheAtticradio I was glued to the stories. I used to make Ecstasy back in college in the 70's. It was not illegal and I was the TA in the Chem Lab. I would go up at 2am and make a batch from Sudafed. It was easy back then. I sold them for twenty five dollars a piece. I only cut it with VitC and B complex. Mine was so pure it was glittering. It lasted a full from beginning to end about 16 hours. My husband and I did it like three times. (It is an Entire weekend affair) He and I were both in Medical School when the government changed the ratings and made it a Schedule 1 drug. We didn't look back. Our educations were more important. I knew they were real because when he said I can tell just by out it looks.... That is 100% true. I look at these drugs kids are doing and test for Fentanyl. Not every test has been negative.
The third guy was smuggling cocaine around the world but got ptsd from prison in Ecuador, that prison must be mean crazy
The manner of the former undercover guy at the end makes me think he does too.
Look up the 2021-2022 prison riots in Ecuadorian prisons, idk how he survived, I have a friend locked up over there and I haven't heard of him in asome time 😢
ecuador's prisons are some of the most ruthless plots of land/buildings on the planet. it's not even anything to joke about it's really that bad. pure chaos a lot of the time. like the previous dude said, look up the riots from during COVID - they're absolutely insane.
There is a long video about Posh Pete. Very worth watching
Just go online to a gore site an see videos of Ecuador prisons .......murders.....rapes .decapitations shits crazy how he survived as a foreigner is beyond me
awh jesus christ that video starting off with "hello im doctor.... i sold hundreds of pounds of meth" had me in stitches laughing
he meant weught.....dud i spell that weorngly?
@Skritza Not much different than the doctors prescribing 1000s pounds of amphetamines today. Funny how one is completely acceptable but the other so stigmatized.
As someone who has no street smarts, and has never done drugs, the second guy is fascinating to me. A whole other world.
I've lived a similar life to these men and it's still fascinating to me too
David McMillan is legit. One of the only people to escape from Bangkok Hilton prison. He has done many interviews with Shaun Atwood. Extremely interesting man.
Stay ignorant and stay away from street drugs. If it's not prescribed by a doctor and picked at a pharmacy or Pot grown by someone you know and trust always assume it has Fentanyl in it. Even the Pot from these sticker shops here in Upstate NY has tested positive for Fentanyl. I know personally someone who lost their husband to an OD from smoking a joint from an Ounce of Pot bought at a retail location.
"The smaller guys have been forced out of the market by these mafias who hold a monopoly." The little guy is just getting fucked over everywhere.
Yeah, even illegal markets are still markets and function just the same as one.
That's why the law of the jungle/ "free" market sucks. Markets need to be regulated to make sure the little guy has a fair chance
@@peggedyourdad9560I don't think they get to unionize though
@captainzork6109 The last thing anyone should want is government intervention. It’s bad for business and for freedom.
@@peggedyourdad9560especially in small markets the little guy is fucked. A monopoly is an inherent bad thing. That's why you have anti trust laws. But every company dreams of being the monopoly. So you can expect it to be a worse problem in an illegal unregulated market.
it's fascinating to me that all of the former dealers said that to actually help addicts and stop people getting into drugs what needs to happen is legalizing drugs and doing harm reduction rather than harsher prison sentences and more severe punishments. plus the description of the business side of things and how police activity affects the market and work... it really shows how the war on drugs gave the drug industry so much power.
It's a can of worms. Also, Iran contra. But maybe it's better to just say no, who knows?
Of course the dealers want to legalize drugs. In reality they're lying or forgetting why they were criminalized in the first place. In an ideal world everything would be legalized but some people can't handle themselves and legalization has always been shown to greatly increase usage. Eventually people will whine and moan there would be such an an uproar drugs would have to be restricted again and we'd be back to square one. As for 'winning' the drug war thats such a non sequitur. Nobody/few people on the other side claims they will win the war on drugs. Its an ongoing process. Its like saying oh we'll never win the war against murder. Might as well legalize it.
It works in one country but it doesn't work in some places. Like Oregon legalizing the drugs but it became more of a problem than a solution
I generally agree with decriminalizing drugs but i can't believe every single person who's been in this trade happens to have the same opinion, that also happens to align with the editorial view of the publisher. There are no simple solutions. I'd have wanted to hear someone challenge me.
@@MrMikeDao Oregon forgot about the harm reduction part of it. But they did provide a nice object lesson in that it isn't as simple as just "legalize it", there have to be some other social systems in place to keep from just creating yet another disaster.
As an addict myself, actively from age 16 to 35, now being 40; this is by far the most accurate, best told, informational documentary on drug smuggling I have ever seen. I can say first hand that the meth, cocain, and heroin stories are as truthful as they come. It is wild to watch today vs. the years of my most active addictions. A HUGE thank you to all of those who took the time and had the courage to make this film. You have no idea how truly inspirational you will be. I pray this video reaches 10 million or more.
Big hug lad
People say that KZhead is a pointless cesspit, but these How To tutorials could be a godsend for impoverished but ambitious people trying to get into the industry. Nicely done.
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Yippeee!
Amen 😇🙏
Lmao
Right!? 😂 It’s like watching “I Almost Got Away With It”. Or any similar crime show.
It's incredibly impactful to see the undercover cop's deep regret in realising that his incredible achievement and sacrifice had amounted to virtually nothing.
More accurately, less than nothing. His actions helped a different faction gain power by removing their competition.
Plus, destroyed countless lives, removed parents and breadwinners from families, ruined childhoods, and padded the pockets of politicians and the Prison Industrial Complex.
Read his (Neil Woods) books - fascinating insights
That will always be the case. Some things can be kept off the streets to some degree, others are simply too popular. If a certain percentage of a population don't want to abide by prohibition, there is virtually nothing that can be done. No-matter how many is put in prison, there will always be someone willing to take over. Prohibition is doomed to fail. It just creates revenue streams for organized crime. The harder it is pushed, the more brutal the type of gangster that will step up. But there will always be someone.
All the money that we spend on law enforcement interdiction efforts and crop eradication.. mostly could've went to fund treatment for those who want it. And all the money spent on drugs, could've been taxed and went to schools and infrastructure.
The best description I've heard on the behavior of addiction is- "It waits."
I think you're getting confused with the behavior of the bus stop user.
omg so profound !!! 😑
Why?
@@RebornLegacy because it waits until something happens in your life, where you may get tempted and go back to using...... it is very common for people to be clean for 10-20 years, and then something tragic happens in their life, for example a brother, sister, mother or father passing, and they go back to using drugs..... there is also a good saying that goes "you are never an EX drug addict" "you are just a drug addict that does not use drugs any more"
What the world can't seem to wrap their head around is that some people require drugs for their entire lives, and full grown adults don't need to be told what drugs they require nor what their doses need to be, especially full grown adults who have been doing drugs their entire lives. Some of us are just never going to stop and you can't make us and you shouldn't try. Not all of us are drug addicts either, some of us have genetic conditions that make it so we are dependent on drugs and dependency is different than addiction.
started smoking since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine. Also suffered severe depression and mental illness. It's just amazing how psilocybin mushrooms treatment actually saved my life. 3 years clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
0:03 they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus
@@HudsonJayI've been looking to try shrooms for depression, just very difficult to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need! 0:03
Hey! Yes very sure of Dr.johnsonshroom. a single dose of shrooms saved me from Alcohol addiction. 6 years clean. no cravings.
Yes he's d.johnsonshroom 0:04
Golden Teacher was one of my best experiences . Anxiety and depression are no more.@@JuanMadeline
going into another country cause the price of corruption is lower is such a good description of how the world works
Thanks for the tutorials!
If you think this is a tutorial😂💯 Let it go and leave it alone Amigo😅😅💯‼️
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So far, 147 people who liked this comment are getting monitored by the feds now 😂😂
Your welcome mate, aren’t you? 😮
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after all that work and taking down an entire crew of over 90 people the undercover cop is told that ' we have crushed the drug trade for at least 2 hours "......sums it all up ....the war on drugs is futile
Singapore seems to have solved it.
especially when you consider our military has a massive role in the protection of poppy fields and smuggling operations
@@DerMaus Singapore, being a small country, has never had a problem on the scale "the war on drugs" refers to. Additionally, it still arrests a sizeable amount of people each year for using hard drugs. Far more than for weed, too
@@terralexj9468 sure but we heard it in the video directly. The traffickers don't want to mess with places that have harsh sentences. We can't replicate their full success but if you clamp down hard enough you can deter much of it.
@@DerMaus Singapore has changed a lot over the years, they have strict laws and enforce them. They cannot maintain their reputation and income status if it is allowed.
Good job blurring out the drugs. Seeing white powder definitely would have harmed me, and I'm so happy and grateful that you protected me from that fate.
i think they were more worried about a community guidelines strike and having the video taken down
It’s not for you, my brother in Christ. It’s because of KZhead. Good joke though.
It's possible that the news footage they sourced for the clip was already censored. It may not have been Insider that did it at all.
Well, clearly you were harmed in the ego by a news outlet tiptoeing around AI censorship robots.
KZhead recommended this to me, and my God is it better than any Netflix documentary I’ve watched!
I could listen to the heroin guy talk about anything for hours.
His voice reminds me of old school ABC broadcasters here in Aus! Very smooth... Yet unnerving!
Reminds me of Borroughs and the idea of the gentleman addict.
Absolutely loved listening to him. His flow, diction, tone.... fantastic
He was actually on the mdma guys podcast. There's hours of the two talking, and yeah heroin guy is captivating. Pretty sure they ended up doing several episodes, the guy just had that many stories to tell and was so good at telling them.
He seems like he comes from a well to do family background, and was well educated. A little against the stereotype,
13:45, ... I am a recovering addict with a grateful18 yrs. clean from heroin, ... What this man is saying with this statement is bang on the money. We will NEVER win a war on drugs, ... NEVER!! You have to stop or at the least minimize demand for the drugs in the first place. People use drugs because they want to feel differently than they do now. And most of the depression in our society comes from not having enough money to pay our bills. 50 percent of North American's can't afford a $500.00 emergency. Start paying people a living wage and you will see the biggest change for the good in 3-4 generations.
That's the system working as designed sadly
We lost the war on drugs back when Pablo was around.
WE WILL ABSOLUTELY WIN!
wow that's a dumb comment. "start paying a living wage" You have absolutely no clue.
enlighten us@@LoneWolfSnowplowing
The first guy is absolutely bang on about addiction. The idea of abstinence is absurd. You do NOT have to be ready to quit forever to start moving forward and getting to a place where you do want to quit. When you're in active addiction, thats your life. When you quit, you try to abstain forever, you sit facing your empty life with the weight on your shoulders and then the relapse comes, with shame and self hatred by the bucket load. We need to be encouraging and showing people how they can start building lives first, before they even think about the quitting process. We need to be giving people lives that they *want* to live, not throwing them sober and sore back into the life they run from.
As an ex heroin addict, everything the second guy said is 100% true- including the fact that most overdoses attributed to heroin occur when alcohol and benzos are on board, not heroin alone.
The 1st guy was very inspiring. The 2nd guy is f**king legendary😎
Inspiring? What has he inspired you to do? 😱
@@TayWoodeprobably to do something good with his life like go to school or not sell meth lol
It's not inspiring dealing drugs.
@@LordOfSwedenHe was speaking about how the first guy turned his life around and began speaking about the drug crisis here in America
Meanwhile the most legendary, interesting and intelligent people in the world are being oppressed by the likes of KZhead so you don't ever get to discover them and of course, same thing for the mainstream media.
This is bloody good. Like all the comments mention, “thought it’d be something I’d come back too over multiple sittings”, “clicked on it from sheer curiosity not thinking I’d stay” etc. but it is so interesting you’re forced to see it through. Encapsulates your focus easily and you’re stuck wanting more from each individual even though everything is eloquently and thoroughly explained. Wow this was heckin awesome
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
Psilocybin mushrooms healed me . I can't explain it but my experience has been spiritual and eye opening . I also started micro dosing . It really helped me get rid of depression and anxiety . 0:03
@@ThomasDaniel-kw4jedr.johnsonshroom is your guy. Best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know. 0:03
dr.johnsonshroom is the best . He's been my go to for anything psychedelics and shrooms . He's very good
Golden Teacher was one of my best experiences . Anxiety and depression are no more.
@@WilliamJames-ji5rk Yes he's d.johnsonshroom 0:01
Can dr.johnsonshroom send to me in Canada 🇨🇦
The problems with seizures, when law enforcement makes a big bust, it just drives the price up, making it more profitable.
YEP, war on drugs is all about $$, gov LOVES taking all the cash and resources the drug dealers have. Its a massive source of funding for black projects. Friends DEA, has been for 12 years. He says men in suits hit up their evidence rooms, take all the cash and any valuables they feel like.
And usually the ones lobbying for more restrictions are the ones with the best product to sell Hey, higher risk means higher price, but it's not a "risk" for them since they have the cops in their pockets. Anyone who's shilling for more severe drug laws is suspect.
Eh, not really. The drug cartels are smart enough to know that a percentage of their supply is going to be seized and they price accordingly.
Nah, drop of water in the ocean :p
Not really, it's less volume being sold to the end users. Whether the profit remains the same depends on how much the price goes up and how much the volume goes down.
The ecology makes perfect sense. When the cop explains that eliminating any given gang increases the monopoly and power of the rival gangs, it’s “natural selection” - the “fittest” gangs survive and dominate. So in a way, policing eliminates the weaker gangs.
It’s like germs and antibiotics lowkey
Its also the Nature of a Market i.e. the "natural" Law of Centralisation made more extreme by outside Pressure.
The best, most complete, and profound look at drugs, its effects, and sensible recommendations on how to really deal with the issue effectively.
I can see the addiction to the life as well as the drugs. The money and that powerful feeling that you have people and resources at your fingertips must feel amazing at times. But you also know how dangerous it is, and often want to leave because you know it wont last forever. Theres no “happily ever after” or easy retirement for someone who deals. Very scary. Very informative.
OMG! I’ve had an education today. I thought at almost 71 I was aware. Governments who keep people trapped in poverty and on low earnings must accept some responsibility for this. When people are desperate to get out of poverty they become easy targets for drug gangs. I can’t see an end to this trade. It’s an easy yet dangerous way to make money.
Yes and no….I don’t think you can ever say poverty is an excuse for crime, especially when it is “first world poverty” where the poor are more likely to be overweight and they have a room, a bath, just not in a nicer neighborhood etc….compared to third world poverty, where people starve or live in trash or mud shanties with no indoor plumbing, etc. And at least on the US or other first-world democracies, you can almost live for free. FB marketplace is packed with nice items, and many buy something, set the box aside so it stays nice, use the item, then pass it along for free when done….I do this every week. Thrift stores and garages sales are packed with great clothes (have to search thru a lot, but they are there) for pennies on the dollars, and many live in vans with a gym member for a year, then an apartment a year, to save up money….it’s not bad in your 20-30s. And ways to save on food, etc. without going to extremes. And colleges and med schools have scholarships just waiting for good kids from a poor background. It is not easy, but there are way more options than “well….guess I need to deal drugs” if poor. My grand parents were dirt poor farmers and coal miners, but they saw that their kids got a good middle class career, and then they helped their kids go to med school, etc.
big yikes. telling on yourself.@@Itried20takennames
@@Itried20takennamesI’m just not gonna read it (your comment). HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA HAHAHAHAHAHAH
You are not 71
@@Itried20takennames If you have never experienced the pain of hunger and abject poverty. Then it’s is very easy to judge. Life on benefits is not as great as some imagine. I am disgusted in this day and age that this entitled government would punish those down on their luck by imposing sanctions on them. This is the cruelest system ever implemented and has pushed many to suicide.Forcing mothers out to work is another thing I am against. Children need the security of someone being there for them when they come home from school.
The first dude was such an incredible speaker! Very educated & empathetic. I really took a lot from it all, ty for speaking out about it! Stay strong & keep fighting/speaking! I'd love to see him speak!
kinda obvious but i love the first guy highlighting the "oh well those addicts are separate from me, we're over here" mentality, i just needed one bad event to happen to me for my life to landslide into addiction, even starting from a loving middle-class background. they ain't lying when they say it can happen to ANYONE
I was a heroin user from about 2011 to 2014, before fentanyl. The war on drugs has failed miserably. Failed our tax payers, our court systems, and our addicts. Harm reduction like needle exchanges are so important, and should be the new focus. Needle exchanges are not only reducing the spread of disease but act as a first contact for addicts offering information and access to treatment. All the addicts I know that are 10 plus years older than me have had or have hep c. The model for treatment should be as harm reduction also. Vancouver Canada is a great example of treatment that is harm reduction based and working better than our American system with more MAT treatment options. If abstinence, vivatrol, Suboxone and methadone aren't working why not offer other opiates as treatment? Anything is better than fentanyl.
Mr McMillan served ten years in Pentridge - six months for the importation of heroin, and 9 1/2 years for that short collar and cardigan combo at 28:19 . These stories are (and this is a bad word for it), intoxicating. Thank you.
Wonder if he met old uncle Chop Chop?
McMillan escaped from a Thailand prison. That story was crazy .
You're Funny
I was there too
@@mattd6593 _Just another bare bum in the shower_
The older guy is extremely wise, blunt, and speaks in a matter of fact way that’s enjoyable. Dude just knows what he’s talking about and it’s clear he has so much experience. Unfortunately I know the opiate/opioid life too well.
David McMillan is such a triple OG in the smack game bro that he said he used to hide it in the "wooden surrounds of radio amplifiers" lol. I haven't heard that term since I was a child in early 90's lol. Also, I too suffer from opiate use disorder.
@@Naughtforeye lol ya that’s pretty old school. Sorry to hear that man, keep fighting the good fight. Stay alive, that’s the #1 thing. Especially these days with all of the nasty sht going around.
@@Naughtforeye Same here, luckily I have a doc who happily keeps me on oxy so don't need to go street.
He's also a psychopath lol.
Today he's a gently old man. Remember, at least two people have died due to his actions, that we know of. His participation in the heroine trade has ruined countless lives. He belongs in the Bangkok Hilton. He's earned his stay, but runs free like dealer #1. There's something wrong with this picture.
Great documentary. Looking forward to watching more videos. And thank you for no background music.
fr the no background music is SO greatly appreciated, it’s presence overstimulation and distracting with no good effect LMAO i sometimes skip out of videos i actually want to watch cuz the bgm gets on my nerves
I didn't expect to sit and watch all that but it was spellbinding and fascinating, thank you for your stories
During my teenage years and early twenties, the part about having hundreds of thousands of drugs in your closet really resonated with me. That period of my life feels close, but now I'm clean and no longer involved in drug dealing. Fast money, also known as easy money, disappears as quickly as it comes, but now I value hard-earned money and strive to hold onto it. It's been two years since I've been clean, and my drug of choice was opiates. I'm grateful that phase of my life is behind me, although every day is still a struggle. I owe thanks to my wife of 10 years and my mother for their unwavering support. Seriously, kids, steer clear of hard drugs - it's no joke. Good luck 🍀 everyone 🇨🇦
Come on, man...really? 'hundreds of thousands of drugs in your closet' resonated with you? Do you expect people browsing KZhead comments to believe you were some sort of kingpin with a huge stockpile of drugs/money? It's not at all out of the realm of possibility that you had an opiod addiction and found a way to recovery, but dude....
@@4strokesget lost
@@4strokes The literal $ value of the closet drugs is the least important part of this account. It's irrelevant to the point.
@@m.streicher8286 Tell that to the guy I responded to, not me. He's the one that felt it necessary to include that in his comment. Hilarious.
@@m.streicher8286 Tell that to the guy I replied to. He's the one that felt obligated to include 'having hundreds of thousands of drugs in your closet' "resonating" with him and then proceeded to comment about he's no longer involved in "drug dealing".
I really like David McMillan. He's softly spoken and really knows what he's talking about. He's intelligent, worldly. Not the usual drug dealer we get shown via a documentary.
Is he the guy who escaped from Bang Kwang? That is the “Bangkok Hilton”, the prison in Bangkok, Thailand. He is from Australia, and actually the only (foreigner)to ever escape from there. Yes, very intelligent guy, but also very arrogant, according to his former prison friends. In any case, it would be interesting to spend an evening with this guy 😮
@@scandicdream yes. He's that dude.
Clearly a sociopath.
@@scandicdream Wait didn't a diplomats daughter escape from the woman's section of the Bangkok Hilton aswell ? ( escape I mean pay her way out ) One thing I learnt living in South East Asia is always pay the first policeman that catches you with anything ! As the further up you go the more expensive it gets So if you can't afford the Bribe start calling anyone who can Never involve your home country's diplomats as this will take money off the table 😢
@@NameName-do9hj I don’t know about that. You are talking about “Lard Yao”, the woman’s prison. I have not heard of that. Yes, you are correct, ALWAYS pay as quickly as you can, not only does it get more expensive, eventually it could get to late…I.e. if you have come all the way to the local jail, and your info is taken down officially, you are basically frugged….. I know this because I have lived in south east Asia half my life…but, so, yes you 100% correct, my friend
First guy snitched no way you're getting 1 year on those charges lol
they all snitched obviously. Besides the cop
David McMillan is back!!! Brilliant as always sir. My favorite story teller on the planet.
This is the kind of dealer interview the world needs. Dude concisely describes all issues that have evolved from the American war on drugs. What an intelligent man
Exactly we ruined an entire generation of mostly guys due to the war on drugs. We all know someone suffering from addiction. They deserve a chance at life
Finally, a guide for my future business
> loli pfp You already made it very clear what you are going to traffic.
but officer it's just a drawing i swear
@@General-GrievousI traffic a drug and I only sell it to the ladies. It's called this D!!!! 😂 I wish 😔
@@General-Grievousbut she’s actually a 5000 year old dragon spirit! Not a 9 year old girl like she looks!
😂😂😂
this just makes me remember my time in high school and makes me remember why i stopped. thank you insider.
this was the most interesting video I've seen in ages, thank you
Addiction is such an issue and many often have co-existing mental health issues. Unless we resolve that we don't resolve the problem. A lot of forms of addiction in my life. We even joke about those who shop too much or whatever, it is the same problem different form. This was very good.
Yup. I loved downers. Realized my mind would move at a 1000 miles and hour and everything I did was done as efficient and quick as possible. Like in school I was A+ student, was in AP and honors all throughout high school got a 32 on my ACT, full ride scholarship and finished my degree in business in 3 years instead of 4. Soon as I was out of school I hit a rut. Had time. Too much time to myself and had broken a leg gotten Oxys and instantly knew this was what I was missing in my life. 3 years later I’m doing fentanyl and just now finding out I’ve terrible anxiety. 2 years clean now! 24 years old and running my families trucking school business now. Super thankful for my meds fr. Without my Zoloft I don’t think I could function truly without having some type of downer slowing my mind.
Keep it up!! 👍
First class doco. A punchy edit of clever insiders covering all the important stuff. This is too good to be buried on KZhead ❤
This is such a writers resource! It's so hard to write about illegal things because just trying to find stuff out can make you seem like a suspicious individual. This video is a god send!
To understand the U.S. war on drugs. You must first understand that it has been an outstanding success, greater than anything ever imagined. For those who stand to profit from it. It’s not about eliminating illegal drugs or their use. It’s about the money that can be made.
That's probably the main source of funding for every covert operation...
@@TheKetsalol, it props up the whole us economy, same as the military industrial complex
@user-bm8ls6vt1v I’ve often said the U.S. economy could not withstand stopping illegal drug use. If all illegal drugs vanished tomorrow it would set the economy into so much chaos and crash the economy like never before seen.
If I had been arrested 12 times I'd seriously reconsider if the job was for me.
This is quality. Not glorifying, just straight up informative.
The first dude is speaking a high level of truth. There's more powerful truths than others and very rarely you hear it at this level which almost exclusively involves first hand experience. People should pay close attention.
I live in Philadelphia which is the epicenter of the opioid epidemic in the US and I can tell you that they go after the users not the dealers or the suppliers. They're going after the wrong people. They're vilifying the homeless that are victims of the drug epidemic
“Because I’ve been around Cocaine so much that without even taking it, I can rub it between my fingers, look at the colour, *smell it,* and I can tell you pretty much which country it’s from”… 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah. What hes talking being “good” would be almost silky looking and have yellow swirls of ammonia in it. Very wild taste the ether. Or so ive heard
@@KarstRatsThe cocaine we used in the 80s was out of this world. I don’t regret using it at all-it’s almost a privilege, in hindsight-except it helped desensitize me to other drugs.
How can we put this very specific skill on a resume? 😂
A Cocaine Sommelier.
Things drug addicts say... only an idiot would believe.
When he was describing mobile meth labs it was immediately interrupted by a Tesla ad and I nearly dropped my pipe from laughing
Thanku for sharing happy u made it out !
I really want to watch this, but the heroin part is truly testing my sobriety. 147 days. I’ll come back to this in a year or so.
Self awareness is so important
Keep it up! Very proud of you for knowing how to stay away. Thats a great sign.
Thanks, guys. Staying strong! All the best.
Very proud of you and that's very normal. Good for you for knowing when you feel triggered and stay strong. I used heroin, every opiate and crack. It's been years and I still find myself remembering and craving that feeling.. just once more. It goes away now though. I don't have to play it all the way through. Keep going!
Smart choice.
Adi Jaffe seems so incredibly smart and we'll-spoken, no wonder he got a PhD. Incredible documentary, thanks
He has some interesting point, although the second interviewee understands drugs and war on them better. Legalization of all drugs with certain oversight he suggested is probably the best solution, if law enforcement wasn't involved in drug trafficking in some ways like making jobs to fight what will never be defeated this way.
Somehow with a name like that, judges still see him as a “white male”. What a crock . Talking about privilege… it’s obvious he’s middle eastern
Yep, that's why you should be wary of anyone advocating for "harder drug laws" because it serves the supplier, not them. They can jack up the prices, thus increasing the desperation of the user and causing MORE crime. @@Chungalhunga
well spoken we'll = we will
I wonder how well spoken the addicts with ruined lives that he sold products to speak today. Wake up, he’s a scum bag
Thanks for this Adi. V courageous of you to be so honest, and best wishes.
Great interviews and characters, can't remember when I last watched an 1,5 hour KZhead video.
Brilliant! And the proof is, I was going to add it to "Watch later", however the moment I started the video I couldn't stop, Superb! More like this please.
Every one of them charming and engaging. This is one of the most fascinating videos I've seen on YT for a long time.
Today he's a gently old man. Remember, at least two people have died due to his actions, that we know of. His participation in the heroine trade has ruined countless lives. He belongs in the Bangkok Hilton. He's earned his stay, but runs free like dealer #1. There's something wrong with this picture.
@@kennhirschwho died?
This video has been fascinating. 🤯
The best documentary I've seen in years. Absolutely brutally honest👌
I love Adi's story. He is now a prolific scholar and has graduate degrees from the University of California..
Yeah but he's a woke liberal. He's probably a Biden voter.
Really fascinating. These guys are all smart and articulate. They make it clear that the war on drugs is not only futile but also makes everything worse.
Amazing Documantery! Thanks so much!
Thanks for the tutorial, now we apply
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
Psilocybin is legal in some states and mushroom therapy is allowed in many states as a legitimate medical treatment. So I believe soon it'll be globally used as a treatment for anxiety, depression, and more.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
This is so incredibly interesting, and it’s nice to see honest interviews with people that have turned their lives around. I can’t stand the film reel noises omg 😅
Thank you for your service.
always a pleasure to see a new upload from this channel, and i love a danny script
Extremely well done. Absolutely worth staying up until 4 AM to watch. Looking very forward to becoming acquainted with each of these men’s important work. 😅
23:35 "lubrication of the border" now that is a proper euphemism
i like this guys honesty! Thank you man
This is a great piece.
One of the best KZhead videos I have ever watched
I find it interesting how david describes himself as having walked into and willingly chosen the lifestyle he lead, though in the last part of his section he says he felt he didnt have another option.
I think it's more about, he chose to join, but after a while couldn't leave. When you've done it for so long, you don't have an option that's any better.
@@Abigail-hu5wf Definitely, its like a drop off. Life's good when you're in the shallows then its way too deep too fast
It’s hard to imagine such a kindhearted, well-spoken man being a big time drug runner.
Kindhearted people don’t deal drugs, only narcissists and opportunists. Your attributing a virtue to a man that has none
@@fallujah0351 My pot dealer back in the day was actually one of the nicest people I knew 🤷 Even so, it seems the guy in this is reformed and back on the straight and narrow
@@neireannach I should’ve specified “hard” drugs. I know plenty of awesome hippies that sell weed, that’s a different beast
@@fallujah0351 haha fair enough
I was raised in a meth lab/trailer. Honestly, I have lots of internal problems due to the chemicals. I've never consumed a drug. I was just unfortunate in my upbringing, and I suffer from those consequences.
Pray the Lord will help u!
If the Lord didn't help when they were a baby or a toddler or a small child or an older child or a teenager why the feck should anybody care what the Lord thinks now?
@vetinaris1297 I don't care what anyone thinks. It was a prayer. Of course, there needs to be action. Laws changed, the public educated, more help for victims.
I’m sorry that happened to you. If we’re to believe people’s opinions of the first speaker and how he’s inspiring and not just a scumbag meth-dealer, maybe Adi can help with some of his ill-gotten gains that he never had to do any true penance for now that he’s a “doctor”
You forgot the part about prescribed drugs!
there is a good saying that is something along the lines of "you are never an EX/former addict".... "you are an addict that does not use drugs any more"
I haven't used in years but I can't say I don't miss it all or romanticize the way opiates and crack felt. No doubt it takes you down a dark path that's better untraveled. I moved to TN and it seems from what I hear, meth is the only stimulant easy to find here. I don't ever want to go down that road. It's terrifying to me.
just over 20mims. gone..the best insight documentary i have ever seen into the world of class A' drugs. such honesty by those involved.
I used to tell my kids stay away from anything addictive, period. That was not enough for my youngest one. She had the most going for her, and she lost it all. Sad.
Sorry to hear, hope your daughter comes back.
The only way to tackle inherent addiction from a young age is understand which exact reasons one has to feel the need to numb themselves. Everybody is an addict for something (dopamine, sugar), but real addicts lean towards substances that take them away from the present moment. Also, it's never too late to bring them back so don't give up
It really is true that the “not even once” attitude is the only way for hard drugs. Once you’ve tried it, the feeling sticks in your mind forever and it takes a very strong will to stay away. When you can snort motivation and inject pure peaceful bliss, it’s very hard to tell yourself that those things are evil.
I think my father had an excellent approach, he told me that if I was gonna do drugs do drugs but understand that they have these effects and make sure you always have someone safe around incase something goes wrong. And he wouldn't judge me if I did end up there. I never ended up trying g hard drugs despite having easy access and curiosity.
Why is it that the people who have the most potential are also the most likely to get pulled into a vortex of death and despair? I am sorry for your loss. I had a friend who lost his aunt recently. His aunt had an incredible essence, star quality and so so loved by her family. The word that comes to my mind is Super Nova…💥
Very interesting but as someone who has & is still an active heroin addict it really hurts deep down in my soul. From 17 to 55 and still struggling, that’s my whole life so I should probably not be put in the same room with this guy especially since I’m from the very place in Australia he was talking about. Peace and health to everyone still suffering ❤
Smackhead,stop being weak and get off it.
Please use 0.22ug micron wheel filters and look up volumetric dosing on psychonaut wiki. It will literally keep you alive. I'm 5+ years "sober" now, but the goal should be to minimize physical harm and reduce the chance of overdose to nearly 0.
He didn't make it and if it wasn't him smuggling it'll be someone else and there are loads. They don't force it in the people who take it. I'm struggling but from prescription, it's just as bad.
prob shouldnt be putting this info out
@@kayleighkyme4666 +1, except I dropped the stigma completely. No need to worry as life is too short, I have chronic pain, I have oxy, yeah I take it, have been for well over 5 years. Can't really stop as I've had 6 surgeries and have tried every "alternative" under the sun, they just decided to keep me on oxy, wasn't lack of trying from my side, but sometimes, you move on, no matter what.
28:30 wow didnt expect to see pentridge prison in this video, the prison walls now contain many houses/appartments and I live in one of them
I can’t believe such well made informative insightful content is free.
This is amazing, it reminds of a Vice piece. Well done! I lost my best friend to hard drugs a couple years ago, I never got into that world me and him would just smoke weed and he'd come over messed up on H or whatever he felt like doing at that period of time decades ago. Really miss playing games with him and it sucks that he died so someone with a fat wad of cash could have a fatter wad of cash and it's devastated his family. It's a sad story that many other Americans have been through which is a huge concern. No stigma against anyone struggling with any of this stuff, just try to be safe and quit if you can cause I'm sure there are people who care about you.
Most people don't need to quit because their use of whatever they enjoy isn't excessive.
yea if it doesnt destroy your life or whatever go for it@@loganmedia1142
This is an amazing video! So freaking powerful i cant put it down
What a fascinating video! Much respect to these fellas!
thanks, i learned a lot now im ready
Heroin dealer starts talking about brown heroin. My brain: "I've been dancin' with, Mr. Brownstone, he keeps knockin', he won't leave me alone! Oh no no, he won't leave me alone..."
What song
@@par517 Mr. Brownstone by Guns N Roses
Don't forget the Needle and the spoon by Lynard Skynard 😂😢 "Don't mess with the needle or a spoon Or any trip to the moon It'll take you away" Or literally Heroine by Velvet Underground - Heroin, be the death of me "Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainline to my vein Leads to a center in my head And then I'm better off than dead" Not sure what the different kinds of it are but there are a lot of songs about it 😅
Golden brown, texture like sun
I don't care if it's China white, paki brown or Mexican black tar... They all get their hooks in DEEP. I'm having my most successful clean time every after using for 30 years.
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