I Broke Dumb Laws In Front Of Police
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In het Verenigd Koninkrijk is het officieel verboden om een zalm “op een verdachte manier vast te houden”, of in een harnas het parlement binnen te lopen.
Om erachter te komen of er überhaupt nog mensen zijn die dit soort wetten serieus nemen, overtreedt Oobah Butler er zoveel als hij kan – recht voor de neus van de politie.
I Smuggled Cocaine Into the US to Pay Off My Student Loans
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Like many millennials across the country, Luke graduated college owing thousands of dollars in student loan debt - $130,000, to be exact.
With no job and no money in the bank, Luke devised a desperate plan: he would smuggle cocaine from Panama to the United States to pay off his student loans.
A Doctor Explains What Happens When Smuggling Cocaine Goes Wrong
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Luke smuggled cocaine into the U.S. to pay off his student loans. He got caught when a cocaine pellet he swallowed broke in his stomach. We spoke to a doctor with experience in what happens when a cocaine pellet ruptures internally.
Inside the The Drug Flats of Barcelona
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Since 2016, criminal gangs have occupied more than a hundred flats in central Barcelona to sell and use drugs, turning them into so-called narcopisos. Neighbors living in what were previously peaceful areas complain of fights, stabbings, and sometimes being terrorized out of their own homes.
What to Pack for War in Syria | Diary of a Combat Medic Fighting ISIS (Part 1/3)
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the last ISIS stronghold on the 23rd of March, 2019, marking an end to the 5-year Caliphate. Many different armed groups were involved in its fall; among them was the Kurdish anti-jihadist militia People's Defense Unit (YPG).
The Watchdogs Surveilling Border Patrol and ICE
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Along the Texas-Mexico border a group of citizens, with the help of grassroot organizations, WITNESS, and the ACLU, are given the tools and empowerment to film interactions and arrests by Border Patrol and ICE upon the residents of their community.
Taking LSD, MDMA, and DMT to Treat Mental Health
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While psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT are most commonly associated with recreational highs and headtrips, a groundswell of academic opinion suggests that the substances could be utilized to serve a raft of therapeutic benefits as well.
I Was a Neo-Nazi Skinhead and Joined the Ku Klux Klan: How I Left | Erasing the Hate
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TM Garret became a neo-nazi skinhead at a young age and then grew up to become a Grand Wizard of a KKK group based in Germany. One day though, he decided to cut ties and leave that life behind him.