Ben Bryant

Dodgy Stuff

VICE EXCLUSIVE: Thames Water Tried to Blame Wastage on Cannabis Farms

VICE can exclusively reveal that the water firm recently attempted to obtain the addresses of every known cannabis farm in London.
Ben Bryant
7.31.17
Drugs

We Analysed Today's New Drug Use Stats So You Don't Have to

The big take-away: drug use is on the up among young people, countering the government's argument against decriminalisation.
Ben Bryant
7.27.17
Safe Sesh

Inside the One UK Lab Testing What's Really in Your Drugs

WEDINOS, in Cardiff, is the only place you can send your drugs to be tested. We went to see what they've found in the country's MDMA, LSD and cocaine.
Ben Bryant
7.25.17
Weed

Revealed: The London Boroughs That Grow the Most Weed

An FOI has shown which areas are responsible for producing most of the capital's green.
Ben Bryant
7.6.17
Ketamine

How Ketamine Could Help You Curb Your Problem Drinking

We spoke to the team behind some groundbreaking new research.
Ben Bryant
6.30.17
The Restless Youth Issue

A Conservative Activist Reconciles His Many Identities

"There is something deeply unsettling about the idea that leftists just assume you subscribe to a set of preconceived notions based wholly on religion or the color of your skin."
Ben Bryant
5.23.17
The They Come Out at Night Issue

We Spent 90 Minutes at 1,500 Feet with Artist J Henry Fair

Fair has made it his life's work to photograph industrial pollution from the air.
Ben Bryant
11.16.16
Hacking

U.K. signs extradition order for British man facing U.S. hacking charges

Ben Bryant
11.15.16
africa

Kenya Just Incinerated Millions of Dollars Worth of Elephant Tusk and Rhino Horn

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the world's largest ivory burn on Saturday, which destroyed an estimated $150 million worth of trophies otherwise destined for sale on the black market.
Ben Bryant
4.30.16
africa

Kenya Is About to Stage the Largest Ivory Burn in History

The 105-ton cache, containing tusks of elephants worth an estimated $30m, will be burned as a symbolic message at the end of a summit aiming to prevent the extinction of elephants and rhinos.
Ben Bryant
4.29.16
middle east

Exclusive: Leaked IDF Report States Soldier Who Shot Palestinian Attacker Driven by 'Twisted Ideology'

A classified IDF document leaked to VICE News criticizes the actions of Sgt. Elor Azaria, who killed a Palestinian attacker with a single bullet to the head as he lay wounded on a West Bank street.
Ben Bryant
4.28.16
defense & security

UK Accused of Helping Draw Up Secret NATO 'Kill List' of Terrorists and Drug Traffickers

A new 50-page report by human rights charity Reprieve adds to growing evidence that British security and intelligence services have helped identify targets for lethal aircraft and drone strikes.
Ben Bryant
4.11.16
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