How Super-Strength Weed Dominated the UK | The War on Drugs

In the 1990s and early-2000s, the War on Drugs tried to stop smokers worldwide getting high on hash. However, this led to the UK getting its very own domestic ‘skunk’ industry – an ultra-violent shadowland populated by gangs, pushers, lab slaves, granny growers and millions of young people putting their mental health at risk.

In ‘The War On Drugs Show’, we examine the social implications of prohibition worldwide.

Any attempt to shut down the trade in drugs such as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine or weed invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death, illness, violence, slavery, addiction, crime and inequality across the globe. Everyone loses – except, in a weird kind of way, the drugs themselves.

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50 Comments

  1. mightymite on January 23, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Wtf is this lol, for new age boomers? Like what in the world are you trying to do? Convince the young folks that dont know any Better that weed is bad? And what bout the strains that are not skunk? LOL. Whatcha out snitch alert lol



  2. david spatcher on January 23, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    to much bad information is shocking, vice needs educating



  3. lefthandedpolack on January 23, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    I live near Detroit and have access to about 500 strains on any given day.



  4. Andy Sanchez on January 23, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    That’s really what it is …. Just chill n smoke



  5. Tilon on January 23, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    WHAT?!?! You’re making everyone look like a gangster



  6. Kyle Fisher on January 23, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    Terrible. You do well with some aspects and the completly cock it up by half learning your subject matter.



  7. Umar Khan on January 23, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    Dude I’m in pakistan and I’m smoking hash right now original drug of assassins from old century past



  8. VICE on January 23, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    Up next, we investigate how a global cocaine and ecstasy drought in the late 2000’s led to the rise of a new drug that changed the way people get high forever: Mephedrone. https://youtu.be/cvxZyMyc7go



  9. Irish Wanderer on January 23, 2021 at 8:00 pm

    none of it looked like real skunk no double serrations on the leaves ,superskunk?



  10. Sean Simpson on January 23, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Skunk has not been used since the 90’s in Canada probably. If someone did use the word skunk it was likely police officer trying to buy weed, or your grandmother discussing it. LOL

    My current government run cannabis store sells an ounce from $100 to $600 an ounce, typically only spend about $130 to $150 for 20 to 24 % THC.

    The weed was really bad; dry, low THC, taste, etc… when they first started, but they have turned it around after a couple years.



  11. Keith Richards on January 23, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Anybody think how dumb, when they hear britain’s say skunk on the news owing the phrase to any high end kush variety, even if it doesn’t smell rank.



  12. Daniel Garnham on January 23, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    You sad wanker. The implications that the average weed grower or dealer is like this is ridiculous. I’m 47 and haven’t yet met a drug dealer that carries a foldable saw from homebase 🤣🤣🤣



  13. Dimitri Plays on January 23, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    This guy is a serious joke. Like how can you even give a platform to this misinformed clown?



  14. Lju #26 on January 23, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    Illegality is the problem, but it will be a while till the laws change and are modernised



  15. Steven Payne on January 23, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    9:02 MORE LIES AND BULLSHIT!!! ALMOST RACIST!!!
    Cocaine is so prevalent now because the government destroyed ecstasy when they began the war on terror



  16. James on January 23, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Anyone need moonrocks add up mr_nextupp



  17. mikeylikey710 on January 23, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    "super strength" that’s why you guys roll spliffs with the low quality herb lol



  18. miki and hanikamiyas hangout on January 23, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    5:55 woo



  19. Ryan on January 23, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    When I buy weed the guys are calm there ain’t no swords or knives



  20. Brian on January 23, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    UK weed is sum fake ass boof



  21. Brian on January 23, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    Legalize it and sell the real thing to protect ur citizens



  22. Irish Wanderer on January 23, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    this one eyed bro ,legend but folsk not all stoners are streetscum just sayin



  23. jay Parker on January 23, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    Skunk 🤣 how old are you’s? That’s an old mans term for bud, skunk Is one of thousands of different strains of the plant



  24. PSYKEY on January 23, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    WHAT!???



  25. Farmer Daiii on January 23, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    Why this dude tweakin his neck around like he just smoked a meth rock though? Oh and by the way, your UK weed fucking sucks!!



  26. Ghosty33 on January 23, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    Looks down at pants lol burns in it as watching vid



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  28. Joe Allen on January 23, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    I smoked weed from 14 yrs old and ill tell you now, its a recipe for mental health issues later on in life. This may not be the case for everyone but guarantee for 90% of people it is



  29. hytlerson on January 23, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    this is propaganda. boo, vice!



  30. DarkShroom on January 23, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    vice starts off by getting us all into the channel by being open minded and liberal…. eventually starts preaching to us moral responsibility by 16 year olds ….. by 2030 it will be trying to promote christianity



  31. Mark Foxx on January 23, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    LOOOOOOOOL! WTF HAPPENED TO VICE?



  32. LemonMaze on January 23, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Isn’t this like comparing buying a £1,000 IPhone in 2009 to 2020. Its got better for the same price.



  33. Dan Bowskill on January 23, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    WEED LEGALISED IN THE UK?? FINALLY…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtrdygda-tI



  34. Big DG Dwayne on January 23, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    this seems very anti weed



  35. air null on January 23, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    hash is stronger than bud lol



  36. iiimbored on January 23, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    one google search and i learned more than this entire video. Skunk is what hash wishes it can be.



  37. NovaR6 on January 23, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    u say that it has loads of really bad health issues and psychosis but the reason for that is because people chain smoke but most people use it to help for there brain issues so ur very misleading



  38. Exe Kutif on January 23, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    Most of the Cannabis in the Eu and uk Are contaminated With Synthetik Cannabis . Even of you buy it in stores like in Amsterdam



  39. Fin Ge on January 23, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    Love to know the history of weed all over the world and the culture



  40. Fin Ge on January 23, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    I love skunk havent had it in years



  41. Dank Nuggz on January 23, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    I’ll have some proper hash over stardawg any time. Can I just get some please🤣



  42. Yaang on January 23, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Man is minato



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  44. Liam Ralph on January 23, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    If it was completely legalised there would be no violence because no one would need to defend there stuff coz people that smoke would grow their own simple



  45. Jacob Baranowski on January 23, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    how mutch THC? per dose?



  46. mxc vargas on January 23, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    Wtf
    70% of houses weed of uk 😂
    🇦🇱💪



  47. Leilani O on January 23, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    Ummm… this guy obviously didn’t do his research correctly



  48. Dean Clarke on January 23, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    That dude with the ninja knives is a fucking dork



  49. Cookies Guys on January 23, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    Shame on u 😂



  50. Big DG Dwayne on January 23, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    since when is stardawg super weed lmao