Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Since the days of Kurt Cobain and grunge music, Seattle has been nicknamed Junkietown. The city's liberal laws and high demand for drugs is attracting gangsters and dealers looking to get rich. From the competitive crack business in Belltown to fashionable Molly users on the electronic dance music scene, National Geographic explores the highs and lows of Seattle's drug business.
Wed, Jan 7, 2015
The heroin supply line begins with poppy fields and a game of cat and mouse between farmers and the Mexican Army. The game shifts to Arizona's Sonora desert where mules move product by pickup or on foot while sheriff's helicopters try to hunt them down. In the suburbs of America, DEA Agents run undercover stings in mall parking lots, where the price of getting discovered is paid in lead.
Oct 2013
Phoenix, Ariz., is the wholesale drug capital of America, under the control of one of Mexico's most powerful and ruthless drug organizations Â-- the Sinaloa Cartel. Almost 200 miles north of the Mexican border, the city has become the major stopping off point for the large-scale distribution and transshipment of marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine up from Mexico and out to the rest of the country.
Wed, Nov 11, 2015
J-Stax deals Mexican cocaine to the programmers of Silicon Valley. A cop crackdown is making life difficult and driving his clients to a locally-produced alternative: meth. But a meth habit is hard to hide. Get caught and you may end up like Michael: jobless, homeless and living in a shanty called the Jungle.
Wed, Nov 12, 2014
When heroin users across America began turning up at ERs with decaying skin and grotesque sores on arms and legs, doctors got worried. The symptoms looked like Krokodil - a home-cooked, super-strong opiate. It's stronger than heroin and more addictive. The average life expectancy for addicts: less than 2 years. National Geographic journeys to Georgia, Armenia and the Ukraine to reveal the true horror of this home-made drug.
Wed, Jul 9, 2014
After being rocked by a corruption scandal and a budget deficit in the range of $58,000,000, the city's police department's staffing and morale are in bad shape. National Geographic follows an elite team of detectives who are trying to establish some control over the free for all drug market. Using their access to the dealers, users, and gang members at the heart of the problem, the National Geographic Channel gives us a inside look at the drug infested city and those who fight to clean it up.