Mike Power

Freelance journalist specialising in drugs/tech/net. Author of Drugs 2.0

Drugs

Cartel-Style Drug Violence Is Coming to Europe

Photojournalist Teun Voeten has reported on conflict around the world, and watched as drug violence has crept up in his Dutch homeland.
Mike Power
2.18.21
Drugs

A New Robot Dealer Service Makes Buying Drugs Easier Than Ever

The Televend service, available on Telegram, automates the entire process and is open for business 24/7.
Mike Power
10.12.20
Drugs

'I Became a Drug Dealer During Lockdown to Support My Family'

Mandy, a single mum from London, started selling hash due to virus. "My buyers spend about £100 each per month on average. So I made about £1,500 a month profit tax-free."
Mike Power
9.10.20
Drugs

Online Drug Market Empire Disappears, with $30 Million of Users' Money

A site admin has claimed Empire was paying a hacker $15,000 a week to leave them alone, before shutting up shop and fleeing with user funds.
Mike Power
8.27.20
Drugs

Online Drug Markets Are Entering a 'Golden Age'

VICE News analysis shows darknet drug markets are emerging from coronavirus lockdown stronger than ever, with increased sales and more robust defences against hackers.
Mike Power
6.18.20
DMT

I Sell DMT Vape Pens So People Can 'Break Through' at Their Own Speed

"Instead of having one hit of a pipe and being instantly blasted off, with vapes you can control how fast and how deep you want go."
Mike Power
6.5.20
Crime

Dutch and Mexican Gangs Are Teaming Up to Sell High-End Meth to Asia

A VICE investigation reveals that meth shards "the size of your arm" are the latest product of the globalized drug trade.
Mike Power
5.14.20
Harm Reduction

40 Americans Are Dying Every Month From Taking this New, Legal Opioid

Isotonitazene is a novel synthetic opioid that has not yet been banned. But deaths are on the rise.
Mike Power
3.12.20
methamphetamines

Why People in the UK Don't Use Meth

The drug is pervasive in the United States. Why hasn't it gained a foothold in Britain?
Mike Power
2.18.20
Cocaine

Colombia: We’ll Spray Toxic Chemicals to Keep Americans from Doing Drugs

A new decree, urged on by Trump, means aerial fumigation of coca using glyphosate will likely resume in Colombia after a five-year hiatus.
Mike Power
1.21.20
War on Drugs

The U.S. Military Killed Dozens of Civilians While Trying to Bomb Meth Labs, U.N. Alleges

According to a new U.N. report, a United States counternarcotics operation against alleged Afghan drug labs caused multiple child casualties. The U.S. has denied the report.
Mike Power
10.9.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Plant-Based Meth Is the Next Frontier of Afghanistan's Drug Trade

Investigators have uncovered a burgeoning local trade in the production of methamphetamine using a mountain shrub.
Mike Power
10.2.19
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