How Shellfish Fuelled A Meth Boom

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From poaching endangered shellfish to smoking quaaludes, this is the wild origin story of how meth took over South Africa. The use of meth, known as Tik, has skyrocketed across South Africa. It's thought that the country might have one of the highest per-capita rates of crystal meth use on earth. But the wildest twist in the tale is that this may have been ultimately caused by a secret weapons program run by the old apartheid regime itself. Watch more from this series: The Opioid Crisis Sweeping Africa www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4MZEkFu8PE&t=24s Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns www.youtube.com/watch?v=388wlVWxGz0 The Female Cartel Bosses of Latin America www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-g2_gBkGo Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won't find elsewhere: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o4S3BXgi3bCiIVuopQxIMgV Click here to subscribe to VICE: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: vice.com More videos from the VICE network: www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Vice Life: www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE

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