Drugs, Inc.

- Season 6

(2014)

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When heroin users across America began turning up at ERs with decaying skin and grotesque sores on arms and legs, doctors got worried. The symptoms looked like Krokodil - a home-cooked, super-strong opiate. It's stronger than heroin and more addictive. The average life expectancy for addicts: less than 2 years. National Geographic journeys to Georgia, Armenia and the Ukraine to reveal the true horror of this home-made drug.

With more than 4 million regular users in the United States alone, cocaine has become worth more than gold. Join Nat Geo Channel as we go inside one of the largest markets in the country, Los Angeles, Calif.

Industrial-style superlabs give Mexican suppliers command of the US crystal meth trade where ruthless hit men and Cartel enforcers trap dealers and users alike in a web of terror.

Stick-up crews; interstate traffickers; street corner slingers: the hallmarks of the hardcore drug trade now apply to a 'soft' drug: marijuana. In California, Chico and Red rob pharmacies of 'sour diesel' - a potent strain developed for medical use. The ultimate destination for this 'river of sour' is New York City where the price is high: $4,000 a pound. Now sour diesel is getting an upgrade, thanks to some dangerous chemistry.

In San Francisco, a new wave of dealers is finding a solution to the growing MDMA drought: synthetic Molly. Across San Francisco Bay in Oakland, synthetic Molly has replaced Crack as the drug of choice. Prostitutes take it to get through their working day. The clubbers' 'love drug' has now morphed into something much uglier - a sex drug.

The countdown to New Year's Eve in New York City has begun. With the biggest party of the year rapidly approaching, National Geographic Channel gets an inside view of drug gangs as they go into overdrive to capitalize on the enormous demand.

The heroin supply line begins with poppy fields and a game of cat and mouse between farmers and the Mexican Army. The game shifts to Arizona's Sonora desert where mules move product by pickup or on foot while sheriff's helicopters try to hunt them down. In the suburbs of America, DEA Agents run undercover stings in mall parking lots, where the price of getting discovered is paid in lead.

For the drug dealers of New Orleans Mardi Gras is their big chance to cash in on the tourist dollar, but dealers in fake drugs threaten to ruin the party for everyone.

For one month each year on the sun-drenched beaches of Florida, thrill-seeking college students and drug dealers collide with the long, tanned arm of the law to create a perfect storm of drug fueled mayhem.

Chicago is one of America's most dangerous cities, and for one weekend - the 4th of July - the violence goes into overdrive. On the streets, a disparate group of drug dealers ply their trade. Each has their own agenda; their own way of making money from the July 4th partygoers, or taking advantage of the chaotic firework celebrations to rob their rivals. On "Sindependence" Day, everyone needs a strategy to survive.