The Dangerous Rise of Contaminated Weed | High Society

Banks (not his real name) earns tens of thousands of euros every month distributing weed to dealers in a small town in central Germany. But he wants to stop, because he says his product has become poison.

The weed he sells is so laced with synthetic cannabinoids that it has become a new drug entirely: something extremely potent, addictive – and possibly lethal.

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49 Comments

  1. Allen Nguyen on July 29, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    The reporter looks so excited through out



  2. anzarazz on July 29, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    LEGALIZEEEEEEEEEEEE IT



  3. mohamed rafrafi on July 29, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    We live in at toxic world ,from friends, society and even weed



  4. Breakup GoogleNow on July 29, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    Street drug dealer: has a conscience
    Rx drug dealers: aight, Imma head out…



  5. Rick Clark on July 29, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    I like this guy



  6. Kay L on July 29, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    He is imprisoned because
    Of this documentary! So…i guess he has to consider himself being stupid



  7. Clemons on July 29, 2021 at 9:17 pm

    Not tryna sound like cool or anything but I sell about 5-10 pounds a week in atlanta ga and It’s all clean when it comes to weed. I go to cali for the source but i purposely sell weed to not hurt peoples lives and to express my love for weed. I think the fact that it’s overseas causes it to seem like a bad game because I take pride in it here. It’s still illegal yeah but u gotta be an idiot to get caught. They don’t even investigate weed dealers in the states as long as that’s all ur dealing with.



  8. Parker:xgps on July 29, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    Can’t help but wonder how this stuff being made in China runs back to the state.



  9. Flipside on July 29, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    that looks like dirt weed i wouldnt buy it anyway



  10. Epal Hijau on July 29, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    spiderman



  11. Ahmed Besic on July 29, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    This is sad my dude



  12. FranksGarage on July 29, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    Dang Ive had this theory for a lil while now, horrible



  13. Josie Sherriff on July 29, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    grow your own



  14. Hell Boy on July 29, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    Only the stupid go in prison and you speak in camera with somebody follow you



  15. Flipside on July 29, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    Damn I gets no love any likes lol?



  16. j Kids on July 29, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    Der ist jetzt im Knast 🥲



  17. CH P on July 29, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    I smoke haze all the time not sprayed with spice tho hahaha sounds like the plug needs a plug



  18. Dragon Associates on July 29, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    That phone he was using was the notorious police supplied hacked phone. All of those messages he was sending and receiving were send directly to law enforcement. Countless criminals got busted because they were counting on this phone being totally encrypted and hidden. But as we know now, they all were taken for fools. Technology is a shady persons worst nightmare.. all of it can and will be used to prosecute the laws of the local governments.



  19. agkistrodon piscivorus on July 29, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    I CANT WATCH THIS ANYMORE….THOSE PHONES ARE BUGGED..PLEASE HELP THESE MFS



  20. O.G on July 29, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    Jo to all out there who didn’t know: After this Interview the police got him because they didn’t censored his hands and his car.



  21. dorkle on July 29, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    WEED IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! TAKE IT FROM A GUY WHO SMOK.ED IT!!!!!!!!! – Earl



  22. Toni-420 on July 29, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    hes fucked. that skyphone system is one of those fake phones from the five eyes sting



  23. Jiang Hui on July 29, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    I don’t believe it, it seems a man-made movies.



  24. Dominique Law on July 29, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    Did he just get high on his own product in the end??



  25. Vengeance will be mine on July 29, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    Here in los angeles, the weed so potent from the shops I’m sure they. Spray too. I know for a fact one weedshop did use that spray on crap in 2008-2010 all they weed was same texture with different colors and smells, and felt chemically potent. Shops name : natural remedies



  26. green soldier on July 29, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    Well that lame germany 🇩🇪.
    we got the weather for it back here in 🇵🇷 puerto rico. We gonna have to start smuggling real s** to save our hommies in 🇩🇪 Germany. Stay safe. This guy a terrible person. What a coward 👎.
    You killing you people for 💰.
    Dirt**



  27. d morris on July 29, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    800 grams not allot of time in the US



  28. PsalmsMixer IDJ on July 29, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    That was a powerful story #NoHaze



  29. Alexander Supertramp on July 29, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    So how can you tell if it’s toxic/laced



  30. everyone gets rocked on July 29, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    So China is lacing your weed and calling it spice, it’s biological warfare, they do need to legalize asap.



  31. Kim Grace on July 29, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Respect to you bruv



  32. Leul Tamirat on July 29, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    This wouldn’t happen if it was legal. 🤷🏾‍♂️ just sayin.



  33. Chetan Sharma on July 29, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    2:25 what’s a bunker ? Like really ?? you’re German , I think a German would know everything about bunkers for obvious reasons.

    ahmm..



  34. Mario Alberto :P on July 29, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    Please don’t watch this video, it will make you re offend 🙏😆



  35. v0id Tank3r on July 29, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Ever wandered how you cant replicate those amnesia or stardawg flavours on a home scale? Well now you know people… fake ass sprayed weed. Iv been saying this for ages!



  36. Jay Adams on July 29, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Chasing money is the ultimate illusion. People tell you to chase it your entire life….to try to be wealthy. But its the biggest rip off after you’ve spent your youth pursuing it………you stand in the mirror and you realize that even though you have money. it didn’t make you happy, your emotions are still the same…….your problems are still the same . its one of the biggest Fu*k yous in life.



  37. Flipside on July 29, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    organised lmao isnt it organized?



  38. Vicarious Views on July 29, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    I feel like in the US there’s too much ruderalis being pushed as photos. In dispensaries too



  39. italo pedro on July 29, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    It was strange How much detail vice showed they should Blur ALL scenes,the Guy got arrested recwntly due incopetent work of vice…



  40. Farid Mateen on July 29, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    Damn they fucking the weed game up



  41. Shuckahosee Razzle on July 29, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    o good this is just germany’s street weed… at least i get mine from medical dispensaries



  42. Dylan Smith on July 29, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    This man is most probably in jail now,

    He was using a fake encro service created by the government were you log into it through a calculator…..look it up



  43. Thibault Mberabahizi on July 29, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    Man i almost had a heart attack the other day and wondered why .. damn it China .. you had to be involved..



  44. Aant0n0p0lus on July 29, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    I’ve got good quality marijuana,sativa strains ,indica strains , hybrid ,wax , bongs,Moon rocks, stoneo, oreos 🍪
    , Edibles, vapes/cartridges steroids on what’s app
    *+1/7/2/7/5/2/0/2/6/0/0*



  45. Krafty Cook on July 29, 2021 at 9:58 pm

    I’ve been smoking "medical marijuana" for 6 yrs. Purchased at a dispensary for top dollar. I can feel the physical withdrawals if I don’t smoke a few times a day. Sweating, irritation, back pain. I started noticing after 6 months of use. And 5 years later I’m still using dispensary weed.



  46. The Edge on July 29, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    ALL THE MORE REASON TO LEGALIZE IT………



  47. Alexander Ulv on July 29, 2021 at 10:03 pm

    I live in Denmark, wonder if I’ve been smoking synthetic cannabis a lot?



  48. 210 Jacobo on July 29, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    packing that boooooffffffyyyy



  49. Austin Taylor on July 29, 2021 at 10:07 pm

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the government started making weed give you cancer so they can ban it again