Author: VICE Asia

At this time in Australia, only a “defined group of patients” have access to medicinal cannabis, including children with “severe intractable epilepsy”. But while the government embarks on the long process of implementing legal medicinal cannabis schemes for those beyond the current legislation, desperate patients have been forced to source medicine from the black market. In Stealthcare, VICE embeds with illegal growers and the patients they service, exploring the issues surrounding access to medicinal cannabis. These growers, essentially cannabis enthusiasts, often donate their product for little or no cost, at great personal risk. Scarred by jealous drug dealers, police raids…

Worldwide sensation Nonna Marijuana is back for the holidays, and this time she’s baking weed-infused Christmas cookies and “Egg Nug” (yep, we said nug) for Santa with host Abdullah Saeed. Throw on an ugly holiday sweater and settle in for a real treat. Don’t worry—Santa wasn’t too buzzed to make all of his stops after consuming Nonna’s infused edibles. So, if you’ve been really good this year, Santa might even stick some of the North Pole’s finest merry-juana in your stocking, too! Click here to SUBSCRIBE to VICE Asia: https://bit.ly/2LhqAR9 source

A hidden effect of the War on Drugs – people across the world are unable to get medicines they actually need. From delays in access and research into cannabis-based medicines to driving a street-valium crisis in Scotland to critical pain-relief shortages across the global south, we explore how the War on Drugs impacts the medical world, causing massive, unnecessary suffering along the way. For half a century, prohibition has been causing chaos and misery worldwide. Any attempt to shut down the drugs trade invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death,…